Circles Of Success Learning Academy

Located at 867 South Parkway East, in Memphis, Tennessee, Circles Of Success Learning Academy is a modestly sized elementary school that works with 195 students (grades K through 5), operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. That puts it 59% smaller than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, which oversees 211 schools and 111,979 students, Circles Of Success Learning Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Circles Of Success Learning Academy logs that nearly all students (99%) are Black. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Circles Of Success Learning Academy is one.

Memphis Delta Preparatory is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Circles Of Success Learning Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Circles Of Success Learning Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Circles Of Success Learning Academy has declined 15%, going from 229 students in 2018 to 195 in 2025.

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