Bruce Elementary

Bruce Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 448 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, which oversees 211 schools and 111,979 students, Bruce Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Bruce Elementary logs that nearly all students (82%) are Black. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Shelby County reports that 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), Bruce Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bellevue Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bruce Elementary has ticked down 10%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025.

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