Cordova Middle

Cordova Middle is a mid-sized junior high in Cordova, Tennessee, overseen by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school enrolls 680 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 554.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools comprises 211 schools with combined enrollment of 111,979 students; Cordova Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Cordova Middle shows that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder reads as 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In the broader community, Shelby County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Cordova Middle is one.

Cordova Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cordova Middle.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cordova Middle has ticked down 6%, going from 723 students in 2018 to 680 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 14% to 5% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, members of the Cordova Middle community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.