Aurora Collegiate Academy

Aurora Collegiate Academy is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Memphis, Tennessee, run under Memphis-Shelby County Schools, enrolling 340 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, which oversees 211 schools and 111,979 students, Aurora Collegiate Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Aurora Collegiate Academy shows that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 8% Black. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In the broader community, 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%. Aurora Collegiate Academy is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: Berclair Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Aurora Collegiate Academy.

The school occupies an urban site. Aurora Collegiate Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.