D−
Shelby County School District
Public school districtGrades PK–12
Serves Memphis.
Students
111,125
Schools
223
Spent per student
$14,576
TN $13,059
Debt
$582.8M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Shelby County School District
- School Grade D−: better than 1% of Arkansas districts
- Math proficiency 19 pts below the state
- Graduation rate (4-year) 12 pts below the state
- Spends 12% more per student than the TN average
- Debt of $582.8M, about $5,245 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Turrell.
PK–63 schoolsMarion School District
7Marion Seventh Grade AcademyMarion School District
Test scores vs. TN
2020–21Math proficiency8%
State average 26.9%
Graduation rate (4-year)78%
State average 90.3%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$14,576 per student · 12% above TN
Spending
Classroom instruction 54%Support & administration 41%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 33%State 43%Federal 25%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
107,683’20
102,806’21
108,804’22
109,203’23
111,125’24
Up 3.2% since 2020.
Students
Black 72%Hispanic 20%White 5%Two or more races 3%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
223 public schools.
Dexter School
C−1,509 students
Snowden Elementary/Middle
C1,384 students
Macon-Hall Elementary
B−1,070 students
Belle Forest Community School
D1,027 students
Riverwood Elementary School
B+985 students
Treadwell Elementary
D921 students
Richland Elementary
A907 students
Chimneyrock Elementary School
C+874 students
Parkway Village Elementary
D856 students
Grahamwood Elementary
B850 students
Highland Oaks Elementary
C−821 students
Cordova Elementary
C−814 students
Lowrance Elementary/Middle
D787 students
White Station Elementary
B+786 students
Downtown Elementary
C−784 students
Alcy Elementary
D−775 students
Shelby Oaks Elementary
D751 students
Westhaven Elementary
D740 students
Kate Bond Elementary School
C726 students
Germanshire Elementary
C−725 students
Geeter School
D−709 students
Holmes Road Elementary
D−708 students
Power Center Academy Elementary School
D−703 students
Hamilton School
D677 students
Ross Elementary
D−665 students
Southwind Elementary
C641 students
Berclair Elementary
C−638 students
Journey Coleman K-8
629 students
Willow Oaks Elementary
C−620 students
Lucie E. Campbell Elementary
D600 students
Robert R. Church Elementary
D−596 students
Idlewild Elementary
B593 students
Wells Station Elementary
C−593 students
Hickory Ridge Elementary
D581 students
Crump Elementary
C−569 students
Getwell Elementary
D559 students
Brownsville Road Elementary
C−550 students
William Herbert Brewster Elementary School
C−548 students
Ford Road Elementary
D536 students
Sherwood Elementary
D531 students
Germantown Elementary
B−523 students
Riverview Elementary/Middle
D−522 students
Cromwell Elementary
D517 students
Sea Isle Elementary
C514 students
Kingsbury Elementary
D506 students
Oakhaven Elementary
D−496 students
Freedom Prep Elementary - Millbranch
D495 students
A. B. Hill Elementary
C485 students
Evans Elementary
D485 students
Fox Meadows Elementary
C−476 students
Winridge Elementary
C469 students
Believe Memphis Academy Charter School
D−467 students
Leadership Preparatory Charter School
D462 students
South Park Elementary
D462 students
Egypt Elementary
C−454 students
Levi Elementary
D−454 students
Whitehaven Elementary
D449 students
Bruce Elementary
D448 students
Keystone Elementary
C−446 students
Oakshire Elementary
D−442 students
J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle
B+432 students
Oak Forest Elementary
C432 students
Memphis Merit Academy
424 students
Power Center Academy Elementary - Southeast
C−423 students
Vision Preparatory Charter School
D421 students
Memphis School of Excellence Elementary
D−420 students
Newberry Elementary
D410 students
Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School
D406 students
Star Academy
D400 students
Raleigh-Bartlett Meadows Elementary
D398 students
Douglass Elementary/Middle
D−393 students
Perea Elementary School
393 students
Scenic Hills Elementary
D392 students
Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose
D−386 students
Sheffield Elementary
D386 students
KIPP Memphis Collegiate Elementary
D−381 students
Cummings Elementary/Middle
D−379 students
Journey East Academy
D376 students
Hanley K-8
358 students
E.E. Jeter Elementary/Middle
B356 students
Memphis Delta Preparatory
D−351 students
Frayser-Corning Elementary
347 students
Winchester Elementary
D−344 students
Aurora Collegiate Academy
D340 students
Memphis School of Excellence Elementary Cordova
C−324 students
Jackson Elementary
D322 students
Memphis Business Academy Elementary School
D322 students
Beacon College Preparatory
321 students
Cherokee Elementary
D−321 students
Northaven Elementary
D320 students
Vollentine Elementary
C−319 students
Delano Elementary
B+315 students
Larose Elementary
D−313 students
Peabody Elementary
C310 students
Hawkins Mill Elementary
D308 students
Southern Avenue Charter School Of Academic Excellence Creati
D302 students
Lucy Elementary
D−301 students
Sharpe Elementary
D−301 students
Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle
C−300 students
Bethel Grove Elementary
C−290 students
Georgian Hills Elementary
287 students
Whitney Elementary
285 students
Promise Academy
D282 students
Caldwell-Guthrie
280 students
Memphis STEM Academy
D276 students
Balmoral/Ridgeway Elementary
C275 students
Westside Elementary
D−269 students
Double Tree Elementary
D259 students
Gardenview Elementary
D256 students
Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus
C−241 students
Compass Community School Berclair Campus
D231 students
Springdale Elementary
C231 students
Memphis College Preparatory
D227 students
Rozelle Elementary
D222 students
Dunbar Elementary
D206 students
Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus
D203 students
Compass Community School Binghampton Campus
D201 students
Compass Community School Frayser Campus
D200 students
Circles Of Success Learning Academy
D−195 students
Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Elementary School
183 students
Ida B. Wells Academy ES/MS
D99 students
Arrow Academy of Excellence
D76 students
White Station Middle
A1,127 students
Colonial Middle
C−1,034 students
Kate Bond Middle School
D1,002 students
Hickory Ridge Middle
D805 students
Treadwell Middle School
C−764 students
Sherwood Middle
D−743 students
Havenview Middle
D−696 students
American Way Middle
D−693 students
Cordova Middle
D680 students
A. Maceo Walker Middle
D641 students
Bellevue Middle
C−625 students
Germantown Middle
C+606 students
Ridgeway Middle
D599 students
Kingsbury Middle
D538 students
Highland Oaks Middle
D537 students
Mt. Pisgah Middle/High
D498 students
Craigmont Middle
D475 students
Grandview Heights Middle School
D472 students
Raleigh Egypt Middle School
D−461 students
Power Center Academy Middle
D451 students
Maxine Smith STEAM Academy
A439 students
Memphis Business Academy Middle
D−399 students
Chickasaw Middle
D−330 students
Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast
D−323 students
Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School
D−306 students
Oakhaven Middle
D−303 students
KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle
D−301 students
Westside Middle
281 students
Georgian Hills Middle
D−249 students
Woodstock Middle School
D248 students
Veritas College Preparatory
D137 students
City University School Girls Preparatory
D94 students
Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Middle School
D75 students
Cordova High School
C−2,251 students
White Station High
A−2,046 students
Germantown High
C−1,719 students
Southwind High
C−1,675 students
Whitehaven High
C−1,509 students
Overton High
C−1,417 students
Kingsbury High
D1,383 students
Central High
C1,331 students
Craigmont High
D968 students
Trezevant High
D−883 students
Memphis Rise Academy
C753 students
Raleigh-Egypt High
D725 students
Kirby High
D−699 students
Ridgeway High
D695 students
Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship
D692 students
Power Center Academy High School
D671 students
Memphis Academy Of Science Engineering Middle/High
D667 students
Wooddale High
D−662 students
Bolton High
D661 students
Soulsville Charter School
D651 students
Melrose High
D645 students
Hamilton High
D−628 students
Douglass High
D604 students
East High
A−583 students
Memphis School of Excellence
D575 students
Memphis Business Academy High School
D521 students
Crosstown High School
C+520 students
Sheffield High
D−516 students
Fairley High School
463 students
The Excel Center
457 students
Memphis School of Excellence Cordova
448 students
B. T. Washington High
D−436 students
Memphis Virtual Adult High School
418 students
Mitchell High
D376 students
Compass Community School Midtown Campus
C−373 students
Manassas High
D369 students
Westwood High
D361 students
KIPP Memphis Collegiate High School
D−346 students
Oakhaven High
D341 students
Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee
D−335 students
Middle College High
B+304 students
City University School Of Liberal Arts
D179 students
Invictus Academy at Airways
C−173 students
Medical District High School
146 students
Hollis F. Price Middle College
C+96 students
City University School of Independence
13 students
Kingsbury Career Technology Center
0 students
Sheffield Career Technology Center
0 students
Southwest Career Technology Center
0 students
Trezevant Career and Technology Center
0 students
Early Childhood Programs
938 students
Exceptional Children Special Placements
551 students
Carver College and Career Academy
402 students
Memphis Virtual School
C−309 students
Ridgeway Early Learning Center
178 students
Avon School
174 students
Shrine School
C−126 students
Bluebird Learning Center
0 students
Campus Kids Corner
0 students
Early Childhood Education
0 students
Ernestine Rivers Child Care Center
0 students
Hooks Dimmick Child Care Center
0 students
Horn Lake Road Learning Center
0 students
Jessie Mahan Day Care Center
0 students
Kids School Early Childhood Development Center
0 students
Memphis Learning Academy
0 students
Nat Burning Orange Mound Day Nursery Learning Inc.
0 students
Primary Prepatory
0 students
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District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.