Schools · Memphis
Memphis, TN schools
Kids attend one of 82 schools through grade 12, then one of 33 high schools and one of 29 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D−
Memphis’s School Grade: D-
The public schools Memphis’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 99% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
D-Test scoresD-Graduation
Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 1%
Lower resultsHigher results
Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (241)Better than 0%
High confidence. Built on 54,815 tested students and a graduating class of 8,059; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Tennessee’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Tennessee only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Tennessee with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Memphis kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Shelby County)8%
State average 26.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
78% graduate on time
Graduation rate
78%
TN: 90.3%
Graduating class
8,059
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #163 of 163 TN towns →
Districts
The district serving Memphis
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 253 schools in Memphis
Showing 1–30 of 253 schools
Snowden Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,384 students
CPublicBelle Forest Community SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 1,027 students
DPublicRiverwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 985 students
B+PublicTreadwell ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 921 students
DPublicRichland ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 907 students
APublicChimneyrock Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 874 students
C+PublicParkway Village ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 856 students
DPublicGrahamwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 850 students
BPublicCordova ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 814 students
C-PublicWhite Station ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 786 students
B+PublicDowntown ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 784 students
C-PublicAlcy ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 775 students
D-PublicShelby Oaks ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 751 students
DPublicWesthaven ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 740 students
DPublicKate Bond Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 726 students
CPublicGermanshire ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 725 students
C-PublicGeeter SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 709 students
D-PublicHolmes Road ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 708 students
D-PublicPower Center Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 703 students
D-CharterHamilton SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 677 students
DPublicRoss ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 665 students
D-PublicCornerstone Prep Denver CampusElementary · Grades PK–5 · 657 students
CharterBerclair ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 638 students
C-PublicJourney Coleman K-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 629 students
CharterWillow Oaks ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 620 students
C-PublicLucie E. Campbell ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 600 students
DPublicRobert R. Church ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 596 students
D-PublicIdlewild ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 593 students
BPublicWells Station ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 593 students
C-PublicHickory Ridge ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 581 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.