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The public middle schools with the highest share of Black students in Shelby County, Tennessee

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the highest share of Black students in Shelby County, Tennessee, drawn from 47 qualifying public middle schools. Humes Preparatory Academy Middle School leads the list at 97.4%, against a median of 76.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Shelby County, Tennessee

Top % Black

97.4%

Median % Black

76.0%

MOST BLACK · SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Humes Preparatory Academy Middle School	Memphis, TN	Achievement School District	192	—	97.4%
2	Chickasaw Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	330	319	96.7%
3	Lester Prep	Memphis, TN	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	204	195	95.6%
4	Georgian Hills Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	249	232	93.2%
5	KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	301	280	93.0%
6	Havenview Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	696	646	92.8%
7	Veritas College Preparatory	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	137	127	92.7%
8	Grandview Heights Middle School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	472	432	91.5%
9	Woodstock Middle School	Millington, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	248	225	90.7%
10	A. Maceo Walker Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	641	578	90.2%
11	Westside Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	281	253	90.0%
12	Westside Middle School	Memphis, TN	Achievement School District	299	—	89.6%
13	Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	306	271	88.6%
14	Bellevue Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	625	550	88.0%
15	Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	323	267	82.7%
16	Raleigh Egypt Middle School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	461	376	81.6%
17	Ridgeway Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	599	484	80.8%
18	Highland Oaks Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	537	433	80.6%
19	Germantown Middle	Germantown, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	606	483	79.7%
20	Memphis Business Academy Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	399	313	78.5%
21	Mt. Pisgah Middle/High	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	498	390	78.3%
22	Kirby Middle School	Memphis, TN	Achievement School District	402	311	77.4%
23	Oakhaven Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	303	232	76.6%
24	Craigmont Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	475	361	76.0%
25	Hickory Ridge Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	805	597	74.2%
26	Sherwood Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	743	511	68.8%
27	Cordova Middle	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	680	449	66.0%
28	Power Center Academy Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	451	284	63.0%
29	Wooddale Middle School	Memphis, TN	Achievement School District	534	294	55.1%
30	Kate Bond Middle School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,002	548	54.7%
31	American Way Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	693	378	54.5%
32	Maxine Smith STEAM Academy	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	439	230	52.4%
33	Colonial Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,034	529	51.2%
34	White Station Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,127	486	43.1%
35	Bon Lin Middle School	Bartlett, TN	Bartlett	677	232	34.3%
36	Millington Intermediate School	Millington, TN	Millington Municipal Schools	537	180	33.5%
37	University Middle School	Memphis, TN	University Schools	264	88	33.3%
38	University Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	268	—	32.5%
39	Treadwell Middle School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	764	231	30.2%
40	Elmore Park Middle School	Bartlett, TN	Bartlett	777	193	24.8%
41	Appling Middle School	Bartlett, TN	Bartlett	593	143	24.1%
42	Collierville Middle School	Collierville, TN	Collierville	815	168	20.6%
43	Kingsbury Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	538	99	18.4%
44	Arlington Middle	Arlington, TN	Arlington	960	131	13.7%
45	Lakeland Preparatory School	Lakeland, TN	Lakeland	1,509	184	12.2%
46	West Collierville Middle School	Collierville, TN	Collierville	1,348	144	10.7%
47	Houston Middle School	Germantown, TN	Germantown	972	103	10.6%

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