Avon School

Set in Memphis, Tennessee, Avon School is a cozy combined-grade school, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. It instructs 174 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 243.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools comprises 211 schools with combined enrollment of 111,979 students; Avon School is among them.

Demographically, Avon School logs that nearly all students (82%) are Black. The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Across the wider county, census data for Shelby County shows median household earnings sit near $63,767, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Avon School is one campus in the mix.

White Station Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Avon School.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Avon School has showed little movement, going from 171 students in 2018 to 174 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 11% to 6% over that span.

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