Chickasaw Middle

Chickasaw Middle, a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, enrolls 330 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 554 students per school, that is 40% leaner than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Chickasaw Middle logs that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In the broader community, Shelby County reports that median household income runs about $63,767, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Chickasaw Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Westwood High, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 306 students in 2018 compared to 330 in 2025.

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