Arrow Academy of Excellence

Arrow Academy of Excellence, an one-room-style primary school in Memphis, Tennessee, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, works with 76 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 84% leaner than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Across the 211 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools (111,979 students total), Arrow Academy of Excellence accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Arrow Academy of Excellence reports that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Across the wider county, Shelby County reports that median household income runs about $63,767, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Arrow Academy of Excellence is one campus in the mix.

Melrose High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Arrow Academy of Excellence is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 83 students in 2018 compared to 76 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 5% to 11% over that span.

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