Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus

Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus is a small elementary-level community in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school enrolls 203 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 57% leaner than typical.

Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that enrolls 111,979 students overall.

On demographics, Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus reports that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 36% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Shelby County shows 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%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus is one campus in the mix.

Bethel Grove Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.