Craigmont Middle

Craigmont Middle, an average-sized 6-8 campus in Memphis, Tennessee, overseen by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, hosts 475 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Craigmont Middle is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that instructs 111,979 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Craigmont Middle logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Across the wider county, Shelby County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. Craigmont Middle is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Craigmont High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Craigmont Middle.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 555 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 10% to 18%.

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