Beacon College Preparatory

Beacon College Preparatory is a small elementary-level community in Memphis, Tennessee, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school serves 321 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Beacon College Preparatory is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that works with 111,979 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Beacon College Preparatory logs that the largest single group is Black, at 58% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 36% Hispanic, 3% White.

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 the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Beacon College Preparatory is one campus in the mix.

Memphis Rise Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beacon College Preparatory.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, Beacon College Preparatory runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.