While the school focuses on the arts, their academic scores rank among the top four in the MNPS school system, and Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program scores are above the Davidson County average.

As time went on, NSA grew to a size warranting its own facility, which was achieved in 1996 on the former Cumberland School campus.

NSA eventually moved to the Tennessee Preparatory School campus southeast of downtown Nashville where they are currently located.

[5] The school has established pencil partners,[6] which is a business or other community organization that teams up with a Nashville school to volunteer time and donate resources that promote student success, as well as community partners (including Youth Villages, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, and PG-13 players).

Stories are added constantly, complete with upcoming NSA events, reviews, scheduled activities, and anything that is of interest to the student body.