Believe Memphis Academy Charter School

Believe Memphis Academy Charter School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Memphis, Tennessee, overseen by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, caters to 467 students in grades K through 8.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools runs 211 schools in total, collectively educating 111,979 students. Believe Memphis Academy Charter School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Believe Memphis Academy Charter School lists that nearly all students (97%) are Black. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Shelby County shows median household earnings sit near $63,767, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Believe Memphis Academy Charter School is one.

The closest other public school is Veritas College Preparatory, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Believe Memphis Academy Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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