Brownsville Road Elementary

Brownsville Road Elementary operates as an average-sized primary school in Memphis, Tennessee, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 550 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 211 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools (111,979 students total), Brownsville Road Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Brownsville Road Elementary shows that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Around the school, census data for Shelby County shows median household earnings sit near $63,767, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Brownsville Road Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Craigmont Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brownsville Road Elementary.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brownsville Road Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 553 students in 2018 to 550 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 82% to 88% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Brownsville Road Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.