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Memphis-Shelby County Schools Schools
Schools graded
201
Cities served
6
Students
110,057
Students per teacher
16.3
Grades
Pre-K to 12
Area
533 sq mi
State
TN
Memphis-Shelby County Schools is a public school district in Tennessee, based in Shelby County (Memphis). SchoolGrade grades 201 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools on the map
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District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Average SchoolGrade
D-
Meeting or exceeding expectations
71%
Exceeding
24%
Avg actual scores
14.4%
Avg projected
15.3%
188 of 201 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools carry a SchoolGrade (12 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
A: 5B: 7C: 10D: 67F: 99
Best schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Statewide rankings: all 339 high schools in Tennessee · all 306 middle schools in Tennessee · all 944 elementary schools in Tennessee
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Maxine Smith Steam Academy (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Campus School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Middle College High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Richland Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A- East High (High school, exceeds expectations)
- B+ White Station High (High school, meets expectations)
- B+ University Middle (Middle school, meets expectations)
- B+ White Station Middle (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- B Idlewild Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- B White Station Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
Every school in Memphis-Shelby County Schools
High schools (30)
- F B T Washington High, Memphis
- D Bolton High, Arlington
- C- Central High, Memphis
- C- Cordova High School, Cordova
- F Craigmont High, Memphis
- Crosstown High School, Memphis
- F Douglass High, Memphis
- A- East High, Memphis
- C Germantown High, Germantown
- F Hamilton High, Memphis
- D- Kingsbury High, Memphis
- F Kipp Memphis Collegiate High School, Memphis
- F Kirby High, Memphis
- F Manassas High, Memphis
- Medical District High School, Memphis
- F Melrose High, Memphis
- F Memphis Business Academy High School, Memphis
- F Mitchell High, Memphis
- F Oakhaven High, Memphis
- D Overton High, Memphis
- D- Power Center Academy High School, Memphis
- F Raleigh Egypt High, Memphis
- D Ridgeway High, Memphis
- F Sheffield High, Memphis
- D Southwind High, Memphis
- D- Trezevant High, Memphis
- F Westwood High, Memphis
- B+ White Station High, Memphis
- D Whitehaven High, Memphis
- F Wooddale High, Memphis
Middle and junior high schools (32)
- A Maceo Walker Middle, Memphis
- F American Way Middle, Memphis
- D- Bellevue Middle, Memphis
- F Chickasaw Middle, Memphis
- D- Colonial Middle, Memphis
- D- Cordova Middle, Cordova
- D- Craigmont Middle, Memphis
- D- Freedom Prep Middle Brownlee, Memphis
- F Georgian Hills Middle, Memphis
- D+ Germantown Middle, Germantown
- F Grandview Heights Middle School, Memphis
- F Havenview Middle, Memphis
- F Hickory Ridge Middle, Memphis
- F Highland Oaks Middle, Memphis
- D Hollis F Price Middle College, Memphis
- F Kate Bond Middle School, Memphis
- F Kingsbury Middle, Memphis
- F Kipp Memphis Academy Middle, Memphis
- F Kipp Memphis Collegiate Middle, Memphis
- F Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Middle School, Memphis
- F Memphis Business Academy Middle, Memphis
- A Middle College High, Memphis
- F Oakhaven Middle, Memphis
- D- Power Center Academy Middle, Memphis
- F Power Center Academy Middle Southeast, Memphis
- F Raleigh Egypt Middle School, Memphis
- F Ridgeway Middle, Memphis
- F Sherwood Middle, Memphis
- D- Treadwell Middle School, Memphis
- B+ University Middle, Memphis
- B+ White Station Middle, Memphis
- F Woodstock Middle School, Millington
Elementary and primary schools (84)
- D- A B Hill Elementary, Memphis
- F Alcy Elementary, Memphis
- D Balmoralridgeway Elementary, Memphis
- F Berclair Elementary, Memphis
- D- Bethel Grove Elementary, Memphis
- F Brownsville Road Elementary, Memphis
- F Bruce Elementary, Memphis
- F Cherokee Elementary, Memphis
- D+ Chimneyrock Elementary School, Cordova
- D Cordova Elementary, Cordova
- D- Cromwell Elementary, Memphis
- D- Crump Elementary, Memphis
- D+ Delano Elementary, Memphis
- F Double Tree Elementary, Memphis
- D- Downtown Elementary, Memphis
- F Dunbar Elementary, Memphis
- Early Childhood Programs, Memphis
- D Egypt Elementary, Memphis
- F Evans Elementary, Memphis
- D- Ford Road Elementary, Memphis
- D Fox Meadows Elementary, Memphis
- F Freedom Prep Elementary Millbranch, Memphis
- F Freedom Prep Elementary Parkrose, Memphis
- F Gardenview Elementary, Memphis
- D Germanshire Elementary, Germantown
- C- Germantown Elementary, Germantown
- F Getwell Elementary, Memphis
- C+ Grahamwood Elementary, Memphis
- F Hawkins Mill Elementary, Memphis
- F Hickory Ridge Elementary, Memphis
- D- Highland Oaks Elementary, Memphis
- F Holmes Road Elementary, Memphis
- B Idlewild Elementary, Memphis
- F Jackson Elementary, Memphis
- C- Kate Bond Elementary School, Bartlett
- D- Keystone Elementary, Memphis
- D Kingsbury Elementary, Memphis
- F Kipp Memphis Collegiate Elementary, Memphis
- F Larose Elementary, Memphis
- F Levi Elementary, Memphis
- D- Lucie E Campbell Elementary, Memphis
- F Lucy Elementary, Millington
- C- Macon Hall Elementary, Cordova
- F Memphis Business Academy Elementary School, Memphis
- Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Elementary School, Memphis
- F Memphis School Of Excellence Elementary, Memphis
- D- Memphis School Of Excellence Elementary Cordova, Cordova
- F Newberry Elementary, Memphis
- F Northaven Elementary, Memphis
- D+ Oak Forest Elementary, Memphis
- F Oakhaven Elementary, Memphis
- F Oakshire Elementary, Memphis
- F Parkway Village Elementary, Memphis
- D Peabody Elementary, Memphis
- Perea Elementary School, Memphis
- D- Power Center Academy Elementary School, Memphis
- D Power Center Academy Elementary Southeast, Memphis
- F Raleigh Bartlett Meadows Elementary, Memphis
- A- Richland Elementary, Memphis
- Ridgeway Early Learning Center, Memphis
- C Riverwood Elementary School, Cordova
- F Robert R Church Elementary, Memphis
- F Ross Elementary, Memphis
- F Rozelle Elementary, Memphis
- F Scenic Hills Elementary, Memphis
- D Sea Isle Elementary, Memphis
- F Sharpe Elementary, Memphis
- D- Sheffield Elementary, Memphis
- D- Shelby Oaks Elementary, Memphis
- F Sherwood Elementary, Memphis
- F South Park Elementary, Memphis
- D Southwind Elementary, Memphis
- D Springdale Elementary, Memphis
- D- Treadwell Elementary, Memphis
- D Vollentine Elementary, Memphis
- D- Wells Station Elementary, Memphis
- D- Westhaven Elementary, Memphis
- F Westside Elementary, Memphis
- B White Station Elementary, Memphis
- D- Whitehaven Elementary, Memphis
- D- William Herbert Brewster Elementary School, Memphis
- D- Willow Oaks Elementary, Memphis
- D- Winchester Elementary, Memphis
- F Winridge Elementary, Memphis
Other schools and academies (55)
- D- Arrow Academy Of Excellence, Memphis
- F Aurora Collegiate Academy, Memphis
- Avon School, Memphis
- D- Barrets Chapel Elementarymiddle, Arlington
- Beacon College Preparatory, Memphis
- F Believe Memphis Academy Charter School, Memphis
- D- Belle Forest Community School, Memphis
- A Campus School, Memphis
- F Circles Of Success Learning Academy, Memphis
- F City University School Girls Preparatory, Memphis
- D+ City University School Of Independence, Memphis
- F City University School Of Liberal Arts, Memphis
- F Compass Community School Berclair Campus, Memphis
- F Compass Community School Binghampton Campus, Memphis
- F Compass Community School Frayser Campus, Memphis
- F Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus, Memphis
- D Compass Community School Midtown Campus, Memphis
- F Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus, Memphis
- F Cummings Elementarymiddle, Memphis
- D- Dexter School, Cordova
- F Douglass Elementarymiddle, Memphis
- B- Ee Jeter Elementarymiddle, Millington
- Exceptional Children Special Placements, Memphis
- D- Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship, Memphis
- F Geeter School, Memphis
- F Granville T Woods Academy Of Innovation Charter School, Memphis
- F Hamilton School, Memphis
- F Ida B Wells Academy Esms, Memphis
- B- J P Freeman Elementarymiddle, Memphis
- F Journey East Academy, Memphis
- F Leadership Preparatory Charter School, Memphis
- D- Lowrance Elementarymiddle, Memphis
- A+ Maxine Smith Steam Academy, Memphis
- F Memphis Academy Of Science Engineering Middlehigh, Memphis
- F Memphis College Preparatory, Memphis
- F Memphis Delta Preparatory, Memphis
- F Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School, Memphis
- Memphis Merit Academy, Memphis
- C+ Memphis Rise Academy, Memphis
- D Memphis School Of Excellence, Memphis
- Memphis School Of Excellence Cordova, Cordova
- D- Memphis Stem Academy, Memphis
- C- Memphis Virtual School, Memphis
- D- Mt Pisgah Middlehigh, Cordova
- F Northwest Prep Academy, Memphis
- D- Promise Academy, Memphis
- F Riverview Elementarymiddle, Memphis
- D- Shrine School, Memphis
- D+ Snowden Elementarymiddle, Memphis
- D- Soulsville Charter School, Memphis
- F Southern Avenue Charter School Of Academic Excellence Creati, Memphis
- F Star Academy, Memphis
- The Excel Center, Memphis
- F Veritas College Preparatory, Memphis
- F Vision Preparatory Charter School, Memphis
Where Memphis-Shelby County Schools schools are
Cities and towns served (6)
- Memphis (181)
- Cordova (10)
- Germantown (4)
- Millington (3)
- Arlington (2)
- Bartlett (1)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Tennessee
- County: Shelby County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 110,057 students with 6,771 full-time-equivalent teachers and 12,168 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 4700148
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Bartlett (10 schools, 8 mi)
- Germantown (7 schools, 10 mi)
- Millington Municipal Schools (3 schools, 13 mi)
- Collierville (10 schools, 15 mi)
- Arlington (4 schools, 16 mi)
- Tipton County (14 schools, 25 mi)
- Fayette County Public Schools (7 schools, 29 mi)
- Lauderdale County (7 schools, 45 mi)
Questions about Memphis-Shelby County Schools
How many schools are in Memphis-Shelby County Schools?
SchoolGrade grades 201 public schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools, across 6 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Memphis-Shelby County Schools serve?
The largest by graded schools: Memphis, Cordova, Germantown, Millington, Arlington and 1 more.
How good are the schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools?
Across the 188 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D-, with 14.4% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 15.3%. 71% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Memphis-Shelby County Schools?
110,057 students were enrolled in Memphis-Shelby County Schools in the 2023-24 school year, about 16.3 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Memphis-Shelby County Schools?
Memphis-Shelby County Schools is in Tennessee, based in Shelby County, with its district office in Memphis. Its boundary covers about 533 sq mi.