Cummings Elementary/Middle

Located at 1037 Cummings St, in Memphis, Tennessee, Cummings Elementary/Middle is a modestly sized elementary-level community that hosts 379 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.

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

On the student-mix side, Cummings Elementary/Middle reports that 98% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Shelby County) records that 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%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Cummings Elementary/Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Soulsville Charter School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Cummings Elementary/Middle's enrollment has decreased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 527 (now 379).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.