The New building just after construction. Fall 2004.

Our mission is to produce educated, responsible, productive citizens for the 21st century by providing a learning environment that challenges and encourages enthusiastic, creative thinkers.  We envision a school in which academic achievement is as high as any other magnet school in the US and not related to students’ ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic background, or religion. Our school will not only be recognized for its student achievement levels, but also for its creative curriculum which encompasses challenging academics, state-of-the-art technology, expanding arts exploration, and varied foreign language offerings.

Opened in 1883 as a black grammar school, Meigs added grades 9 and 10 in 1886 and grades 11 and 12 in 1887 to become the first black high school in Nashville. It was named in honor of James L. Meigs, Nashville's second superintendant of schools. Today it is an academic magnet school.

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713 Ramsey St.
Nashville, TN 37206
Phone 615-271-3222
Jon Hubble, Principal
Maryesther Jackson, Assistant Principal