Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 470
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 470014801568
Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle
10280 Godwin Rd, Arlington, TN 38002 · (901) 416-0325 · Shelby County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Tennessee public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Tennessee public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
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Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
STATE -0%
Community
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredEnglish Language Arts
31.3%
TN avg 40.9% . +7.2pp since 2022
Math
29.9%
TN avg 39.3% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 33.9% |
| 2022-23 | 24.1% | 20.9% |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #722 of 957 ▼ 135 | #68 of 144 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #673 of 959 ▼ 53 | #62 of 146 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #818 of 1,044 | #129 of 156 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #198 of 962 | #18 of 149 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.3% | #2 of 537 | #1 of 77 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
300
-85 (-22%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 300 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 32.5 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 31.5 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 30 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 39.9 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 47 | 13.9:1 | 64% (416) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle.
About Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle
Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle is a public small elementary school in Arlington, Tennessee. It reported 300 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Tennessee have about 470 students on average; enrollment here is 36% lower.
Across its 211 schools, Memphis-Shelby County Schools enrolls 111,979 students. Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle is one of those schools.
The student body at Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle is 58% Black. The rest of enrollment is 25% White, 12% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Among Tennessee public elementary schools, Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
In Shelby County, median household income comes to about $63,767, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 287, with about 154,209 students.
Measured in a straight line, Bolton High is about 2.8 miles from Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle. The ten-mile area around Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle holds at least 8 other public schools.
In the federal locale system, Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 300, from 385 in 2020-21.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
919,173
Census ACS
Median income
$63,767
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
154,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools
- Cordova High SchoolHigh · 2,251 students
- White Station HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Germantown HighHigh · 1,719 students
- Southwind HighHigh · 1,675 students
- Dexter SchoolElementary · 1,509 students
- Whitehaven HighHigh · 1,509 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,674 students
- Arlington MiddleMiddle · 960 students
- Arlington ElementaryElementary · 926 students
- Donelson ElementaryElementary · 843 students
- Bolton HighHigh · 661 students
Nearby schools
- Bolton High2.8 mi · 661
- Arlington Elementary5.2 mi · 926
- Arlington Middle5.3 mi · 960
- Atoka Elementary School5.7 mi · 826
- Arlington High5.8 mi · 1,674
- Lakeland Preparatory School6.1 mi · 1,509
Frequently asked questions
About Barret's Chapel Elementary/MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle?
Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle serve?
Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle serves grades PK-08.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle?
At Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle, the student body is approximately 25% White, 12% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle public or private?
Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
What county does Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle serve?
Barret's Chapel Elementary/Middle serves Shelby County in TN.
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