Compass Community School Frayser Campus

Compass Community School Frayser Campus is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the schools within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, caters to 200 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools comprises 211 schools with combined enrollment of 111,979 students; Compass Community School Frayser Campus is among them.

On the student-mix side, Compass Community School Frayser Campus shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 30% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Shelby County reports that median household income runs about $63,767, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Compass Community School Frayser Campus is one.

The closest other public school is Martin Luther King Preparatory High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Compass Community School Frayser Campus operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.