Across 198 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools, 22.8% of Black students meet met or exceeded expectations. That is 8 points below the Tennessee average for Black students.
Search Tennessee schools ›Average across the 198 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
Among the 198 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Maxine Smith STEAM Academy reports 76.6% of Black students meeting the standard. Caldwell-Guthrie, in the same district, reports 5%. That is a 71.6-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.
Ranked by the share of Black students meeting met or exceeded expectations. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxine Smith STEAM Academy Magnet | 83% | 76.6% | 83.9% | 92.1% | — |
| J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle Magnet | 56.4% | 56.1% | 70% | — | — |
| Richland Elementary | 70% | 55.2% | 69.5% | 78.5% | 92% |
| Middle College High | 55.3% | 54.3% | — | — | — |
| East High Magnet | 55.6% | 52.8% | 59% | 75.6% | — |
| Newberry Elementary | 56% | 52% | 66.7% | — | — |
| Wells Station Elementary | 47.6% | 51.4% | 46.6% | 53.7% | — |
| Delano Elementary Magnet | 48.3% | 48.1% | — | — | — |
| Southwind Elementary | 49.3% | 48.1% | 47.8% | — | — |
| Balmoral/Ridgeway Elementary Magnet | 51% | 47.9% | — | — | — |
| Leadership Preparatory Charter School Charter | 43.7% | 46.1% | 32.7% | — | — |
| Idlewild Elementary Magnet | 67% | 45.6% | 73.3% | 85.4% | — |
| Memphis STEM Academy Charter | 46% | 45.3% | 50% | — | — |
| White Station Elementary | 52.9% | 45.3% | 48.5% | 70.9% | 72.7% |
| White Station Middle Magnet | 54.7% | 44.8% | 45.1% | 69.6% | 86.4% |
| Freedom Prep Elementary - Millbranch Charter | 44.4% | 44.4% | 43.3% | — | — |
| Whitehaven High Magnet | 43.9% | 44% | — | — | — |
| Memphis Rise Academy Charter | 43.9% | 43.8% | 43.2% | — | — |
| Medical District High School | 46.8% | 43.7% | — | — | — |
| Power Center Academy Elementary - Southeast Charter | 44.6% | 43.1% | 52.9% | — | — |
| Oak Forest Elementary Magnet | 43.4% | 42.6% | 51.7% | — | — |
| White Station High Magnet | 47.7% | 39.9% | 38.9% | 70.9% | 77.8% |
| Journey East Academy Charter | 37.7% | 39.7% | 27.1% | — | — |
| Germantown Elementary Magnet | 40.4% | 39.6% | 41.2% | — | — |
| Riverwood Elementary School Magnet | 42% | 38.9% | 44.7% | 58.3% | — |
| Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Elementary School Charter | 35.2% | 38.3% | — | — | — |
| Compass Community School, Hickory Hill Campus Charter | 38.3% | 38.2% | 39.1% | — | — |
| Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School Charter | 38.7% | 37.9% | 38.2% | — | — |
| Perea Elementary School Charter | 37.7% | 37.8% | — | — | — |
| Cherokee Elementary | 36.4% | 37% | 31.3% | — | — |
| Chimneyrock Elementary School | 38.3% | 37% | 33.5% | 56.3% | — |
| Springdale Elementary Magnet | 37.8% | 36.8% | — | — | — |
| Winridge Elementary | 36.9% | 35.9% | 37.4% | — | — |
| Grahamwood Elementary Magnet | 45.6% | 35.5% | 34.3% | 68.5% | 90.9% |
| Power Center Academy Elementary School Charter | 36.4% | 35.2% | 38.8% | — | — |
| Memphis Business Academy Elementary School Charter | 34.9% | 34.8% | 34.2% | — | — |
| Sea Isle Elementary | 40.9% | 34.7% | 33.4% | 69.7% | — |
| Brownsville Road Elementary Magnet | 33.2% | 33.7% | 29.2% | — | — |
| Whitehaven Elementary Magnet | 32.8% | 32.2% | — | — | — |
| Germantown High Magnet | 32.4% | 32% | 34.3% | — | 54.5% |
| Germanshire Elementary Magnet | 32.1% | 30.9% | 39.9% | — | — |
| Oakhaven Elementary | 35.7% | 30.9% | 52.1% | — | — |
| Southern Avenue Charter School Of Academic Excellence Creative Arts | 31.6% | 30.7% | — | — | — |
| Macon-Hall Elementary | 32.6% | 30.6% | 37.9% | 41.2% | 57.1% |
| Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee Charter | 32.5% | 30.2% | 40.9% | — | — |
| Hickory Ridge Elementary | 29.3% | 30.2% | 27.2% | — | — |
| Highland Oaks Elementary | 30.6% | 29.8% | 37.3% | — | — |
| Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose Charter | 31.9% | 29.7% | 51.7% | — | — |
| Cordova Elementary Magnet | 30.7% | 29.6% | 31.9% | 37.7% | — |
| Willow Oaks Elementary Magnet | 28.6% | 29.5% | 27.8% | — | — |
| Kate Bond Elementary School | 31.4% | 29.3% | 28.9% | 47.9% | — |
| Memphis School of Excellence Elementary Cordova Charter | 29.9% | 29.3% | 35.9% | 25.5% | — |
| Compass Community School, Binghampton Campus Charter | 21.5% | 29.2% | 18.8% | — | — |
| Parkway Village Elementary | 29.1% | 28.9% | 29.4% | — | — |
| Oakshire Elementary | 28.7% | 28.6% | — | — | — |
| Colonial Middle Magnet | 29.4% | 28.5% | 29.7% | 37.4% | — |
| KIPP Memphis Collegiate Elementary Charter | 28.5% | 28.2% | — | — | — |
| Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle | 31.5% | 27.9% | 17.8% | 49% | — |
| Hawkins Mill Elementary | 27.8% | 27.7% | — | — | — |
| Hollis F. Price Middle College | 27.2% | 27.1% | — | — | — |
| William Herbert Brewster Elementary School Magnet | 28.3% | 27% | 32.2% | — | — |
| City University School of Independence Charter | 26.4% | 26.4% | — | — | — |
| Douglass High Magnet | 25.1% | 26.4% | 21% | — | — |
| Ida B. Wells Academy ES/MS | 26.1% | 26.4% | — | — | — |
| Raleigh-Egypt High | 25.9% | 26.2% | 24.2% | — | — |
| Ross Elementary | 29.9% | 26.2% | 45.5% | — | — |
| Compass Community School, Midtown Campus Charter | 27.9% | 26% | 27.3% | — | — |
| Peabody Elementary Magnet | 26.9% | 25.9% | — | — | — |
| Bellevue Middle Magnet | 26.8% | 25.7% | 34.7% | — | — |
| Promise Academy Charter | 26.2% | 25.1% | 33.3% | — | — |
| Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast Charter | 26.6% | 24.9% | 33.7% | — | — |
| Power Center Academy Middle Charter | 26.9% | 24.5% | 31.4% | — | — |
| Germantown Middle | 26.5% | 24.4% | 38.4% | 25% | — |
| Crosstown High School Charter | 37.7% | 24.2% | 32.4% | 66.8% | — |
| Cromwell Elementary | 23.9% | 24.1% | 24% | — | — |
| Downtown Elementary Magnet | 24.2% | 23.9% | — | — | — |
| Star Academy Charter | 23.5% | 23.9% | — | — | — |
| Craigmont Middle Magnet | 24.3% | 23.6% | 24.2% | 37.5% | — |
| Evans Elementary | 24% | 23.6% | 25.9% | — | — |
| Shelby Oaks Elementary | 26.8% | 23.3% | 35.4% | 32.1% | — |
| City University School Girls Preparatory Charter | 24.1% | 23.1% | — | — | — |
| Snowden Elementary/Middle Magnet | 27.9% | 23.1% | 24% | 71.6% | 63.1% |
| Compass Community School, Frayser Campus Charter | 27.6% | 22.8% | 31.4% | — | — |
| Bolton High Magnet | 23.4% | 22.6% | 26.3% | — | — |
| Cordova Middle Magnet | 23.6% | 22.6% | 26.6% | 29.8% | 26.3% |
| Kingsbury Elementary | 24.4% | 22.4% | 24.3% | — | — |
| Aurora Collegiate Academy Charter | 25.7% | 22.2% | 26.2% | — | — |
| Berclair Elementary | 23.1% | 22.2% | 22% | 26.5% | — |
| Central High Magnet | 22.4% | 22.2% | 19.9% | — | — |
| Jackson Elementary | 42.2% | 22.2% | 44.2% | — | — |
| Power Center Academy High School Charter | 25.7% | 22.2% | 30.8% | — | — |
| Cordova High School | 22.9% | 22.1% | 22.8% | 31% | — |
| Belle Forest Community School | 21.8% | 21.4% | 22.8% | — | — |
| Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship Charter | 21.9% | 21.4% | 24.8% | — | — |
| Oakhaven High | 21.4% | 21.4% | 11.4% | — | — |
| Westhaven Elementary | 21.2% | 21.3% | 22.2% | — | — |
| Memphis School of Excellence Cordova Charter | 24.4% | 21.2% | 28.3% | 30.3% | — |
| Circles Of Success Learning Academy Charter | 21.1% | 21.1% | — | — | — |
| Rozelle Elementary Magnet | 21.9% | 21.1% | — | — | — |
| Keystone Elementary Magnet | 20.7% | 20.8% | — | — | — |
| Fox Meadows Elementary | 21.9% | 20.6% | 27.6% | — | — |
| E.E. Jeter Elementary/Middle | 34.9% | 20.3% | 28.8% | 41.9% | — |
| Journey Coleman K-8 Charter | 20.6% | 20.3% | 22.9% | — | — |
| Memphis Business Academy Middle Charter | 20.4% | 19.4% | 25.4% | — | — |
| Soulsville Charter School Charter | 19.3% | 19.4% | — | — | — |
| Holmes Road Elementary | 19.2% | 19.3% | — | — | — |
| KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle Charter | 20.4% | 19.3% | — | — | — |
| Lowrance Elementary/Middle | 21.7% | 19.3% | 34.3% | — | — |
| Egypt Elementary | 22.4% | 18.9% | 30.5% | — | — |
| Memphis Academy Of Science Engineering Middle/High Charter | 19.2% | 18.9% | 23.5% | — | — |
| Memphis School of Excellence Charter | 20.7% | 18.9% | 21.9% | — | — |
| Highland Oaks Middle | 20.3% | 18.8% | 29.3% | — | — |
| Ridgeway High Magnet | 17.8% | 18.7% | 13% | — | — |
| Georgian Hills Elementary | 18.5% | 18.5% | — | — | — |
| Dexter School | 22.2% | 18.3% | 32.3% | 38.5% | — |
| Memphis School of Excellence Elementary Charter | 19.8% | 18.3% | 20.8% | — | — |
| Scenic Hills Elementary | 19.4% | 18.3% | — | — | — |
| Sharpe Elementary | 19% | 18.3% | 19.4% | — | — |
| Woodstock Middle School | 18.5% | 18.3% | 16.2% | — | — |
| Whitney Elementary | 17.7% | 18.2% | — | — | — |
| A. Maceo Walker Middle | 17.5% | 17.7% | 14.7% | — | — |
| Robert R. Church Elementary | 17.5% | 17.7% | — | — | — |
| Southwind High | 19% | 17.1% | 27.2% | — | — |
| Bruce Elementary | 18.5% | 16.6% | 27.8% | — | — |
| Mitchell High | 16.6% | 16.6% | — | — | — |
| Georgian Hills Middle | 16.4% | 16.5% | — | — | — |
| Kate Bond Middle School | 17.8% | 16.2% | 17.1% | 30.1% | 42% |
| Ridgeway Middle Magnet | 16.9% | 16.1% | 19.7% | — | — |
| Gardenview Elementary | 15% | 15.7% | — | — | — |
| Getwell Elementary Magnet | 18.1% | 15.7% | 26% | — | — |
| Crump Elementary | 20.1% | 15.6% | 32.1% | — | — |
| City University School Of Liberal Arts Charter | 15.2% | 15.4% | — | — | — |
| Memphis Business Academy High School Charter | 16.2% | 15.3% | 19.1% | — | — |
| Craigmont High Magnet | 15.4% | 15.1% | 20.2% | — | — |
| Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Middle School Charter | 19.2% | 15% | — | — | — |
| Dunbar Elementary | 16.7% | 14.9% | — | — | — |
| Vision Preparatory Charter School Charter | 14.8% | 14.9% | — | — | — |
| Winchester Elementary | 14.1% | 14.9% | 12.1% | — | — |
| Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School Charter | 14.3% | 14.4% | 6.4% | — | — |
| American Way Middle | 16.2% | 14.3% | 18.8% | — | — |
| Lucy Elementary | 16.5% | 14.3% | 14.8% | — | — |
| Memphis Merit Academy Charter | 14.7% | 14.2% | 26.7% | — | — |
| Mt. Pisgah Middle/High | 15.6% | 14.2% | 16.5% | 19.4% | 63.6% |
| Levi Elementary | 13.9% | 14.1% | — | — | — |
| Sheffield High | 12.1% | 14.1% | 9.6% | — | — |
| Havenview Middle Magnet | 14.1% | 13.9% | 17% | — | — |
| Memphis Delta Preparatory Charter | 13.2% | 13.3% | — | — | — |
| Ford Road Elementary | 13.5% | 13.2% | — | — | — |
| Treadwell Middle School | 14.6% | 13.2% | 12.8% | 37.3% | — |
| Compass Community School, Orange Mound Campus Charter | 15.8% | 13% | 22.7% | — | — |
| Double Tree Elementary Magnet | 12.2% | 12.8% | — | — | — |
| Northaven Elementary | 15% | 12.5% | 16.7% | 42.5% | — |
| Oakhaven Middle | 14.9% | 12% | 29% | — | — |
| Manassas High Magnet | 11.6% | 11.9% | — | — | — |
| Beacon College Preparatory Charter | 18% | 11.7% | 26.6% | — | — |
| Bethel Grove Elementary | 12.3% | 11.7% | — | — | — |
| KIPP Memphis Collegiate High School Charter | 13.3% | 11.7% | — | — | — |
| Overton High Magnet | 12.4% | 11.6% | 12% | 50% | — |
| Hickory Ridge Middle | 14.5% | 11.5% | 26.1% | — | — |
| Believe Memphis Academy Charter School Charter | 11.3% | 11.4% | — | — | — |
| Vollentine Elementary Magnet | 12.7% | 11.3% | — | — | — |
| Hanley K-8 | 10.6% | 11.1% | — | — | — |
| Raleigh-Bartlett Meadows Elementary | 11.4% | 10.9% | 14.1% | — | — |
| Veritas College Preparatory Charter | 11.2% | 10.9% | — | — | — |
| Westside Elementary | 10.1% | 10.8% | — | — | — |
| Larose Elementary | 10.7% | 10.7% | — | — | — |
| Alcy Elementary | 10.6% | 10.5% | 13.9% | — | — |
| Kirby High | 10.4% | 10.4% | 10.9% | — | — |
| Wooddale High Magnet | 9.9% | 10.3% | 9.3% | — | — |
| Lucie E. Campbell Elementary | 10.5% | 10.2% | — | — | — |
| Sherwood Elementary Magnet | 11.1% | 9.9% | 12.2% | — | — |
| Westwood High | 9.7% | 9.9% | — | — | — |
| Cummings Elementary/Middle Magnet | 10% | 9.8% | — | — | — |
| Memphis College Preparatory Charter | 10.1% | 9.5% | — | — | — |
| Kingsbury High Magnet | 11.5% | 9.2% | 12.5% | 18.3% | — |
| Raleigh Egypt Middle School | 11.5% | 9.2% | 27.8% | — | — |
| Riverview Elementary/Middle | 8.8% | 8.8% | — | — | — |
| Trezevant High | 8.8% | 8.7% | 8.3% | — | — |
| South Park Elementary | 14.8% | 8.3% | 19.3% | — | — |
| B. T. Washington High | 8.1% | 8.2% | — | — | — |
| Sherwood Middle | 8.2% | 8.2% | 8% | — | — |
| Treadwell Elementary Magnet | 13.2% | 8% | 15.9% | 15.4% | — |
| Melrose High | 7.9% | 7.9% | 8.8% | — | — |
| Sheffield Elementary | 18.8% | 7.9% | 23.2% | — | — |
| Fairley High School | 7.8% | 7.5% | — | — | — |
| Kingsbury Middle | 10.2% | 7.5% | 11.1% | 11% | — |
| Westside Middle Charter | 7.1% | 7.2% | — | — | — |
| Invictus Academy at Airways | 6.8% | 6.7% | — | — | — |
| Frayser-Corning Elementary | 6.6% | 6.3% | — | — | — |
| A. B. Hill Elementary | 6.1% | 6.2% | — | — | — |
| Chickasaw Middle | 6% | 6% | — | — | — |
| Geeter School | 5.9% | 5.8% | — | — | — |
| Douglass Elementary/Middle Magnet | 5.7% | 5.6% | 9.7% | — | — |
| Hamilton High | 5.7% | 5.6% | 5% | — | — |
| Carver College and Career Academy | 5.4% | 5.5% | 6.7% | — | — |
| Grandview Heights Middle School | 5.6% | 5.4% | 13.3% | — | — |
| Hamilton School | 5.4% | 5.1% | 11% | — | — |
| Caldwell-Guthrie | 5% | 5% | — | — | — |
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