Regular local school district ยท Shelby County
Memphis-Shelby County Schools, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
Memphis-Shelby County Schools runs 223 public schools with 111,124 students in grades PK to 12.
At a glance
- Schools
- 223
- Students
- 111,124
- Address
- 160 S Hollywood, Memphis, TN 38112
- Phone
- (901)321-2500
- County
- Shelby County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4700148
- State district ID
- TN-00792
- Charter schools
- 55
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (110,780), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.39 billion
- Federal revenue
- $267.9 million
- State revenue
- $587.1 million
- Local revenue
- $531.0 million
- Total spending
- $1.38 billion
- Spending per pupil
- $12,482
- Salaries
- $725.8 million52.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $781.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 42.4%
- Local: 38.3%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,482
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools
By level: 50 high, 33 middle, 122 elementary, 5 other, 13 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A. B. Hill ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 485 | |
| A. Maceo Walker MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 641 | |
| Alcy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 775 | |
| American Way MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 693 | |
| Arrow Academy of ExcellenceCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 76 | |
| Aurora Collegiate AcademyCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 5 | 340 | |
| Avon SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 174 | |
| B. T. Washington HighCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 436 | |
| Balmoral/Ridgeway ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 275 | |
| Barret's Chapel Elementary/MiddleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 300 | |
| Beacon College PreparatoryCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 321 | |
| Believe Memphis Academy Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 467 | |
| Belle Forest Community SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 1,027 | |
| Bellevue MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 625 | |
| Berclair ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 638 | |
| Bethel Grove ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 290 | |
| Bluebird Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Bolton HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 661 | |
| Brownsville Road ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 550 | |
| Bruce ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 448 | |
| Caldwell-GuthrieCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 280 | |
| Campus Kids CornerCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Carver College and Career AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 402 | |
| Central HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,331 | |
| Cherokee ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 321 | |
| Chickasaw MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 330 | |
| Chimneyrock Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 874 | |
| Circles Of Success Learning AcademyCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 195 | |
| City University School Girls PreparatoryCEP schoolCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 94 | |
| City University School of IndependenceCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 13 | |
| City University School Of Liberal ArtsCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 179 | |
| Colonial MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,034 | |
| Compass Community School Berclair CampusCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 231 | |
| Compass Community School Binghampton CampusCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 201 | |
| Compass Community School Frayser CampusCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 200 | |
| Compass Community School Hickory Hill CampusCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 241 | |
| Compass Community School Midtown CampusCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 373 | |
| Compass Community School Orange Mound CampusCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 203 | |
| Cordova ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 814 | |
| Cordova High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,251 | |
| Cordova MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 680 | |
| Craigmont HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 968 | |
| Craigmont MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 475 | |
| Cromwell ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 517 | |
| Crosstown High SchoolCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 520 | |
| Crump ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 569 | |
| Cummings Elementary/MiddleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 379 | |
| Delano ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 315 | |
| Dexter SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 1,509 | |
| Double Tree ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 259 |
Showing 1 to 50 of 223
Nearby and related
Other districts in Shelby County
- Collierville School District 9,263 students
- Bartlett School District 8,834 students
- Germantown School District 6,053 students
- Arlington School District 4,403 students
- Millington Municipal Schools 2,587 students
- Lakeland School District 2,538 students
- University Schools 957 students
More in Tennessee
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.