Dunbar Elementary

Set in Memphis, Tennessee, Dunbar Elementary is a tight-knit primary school, overseen by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. It instructs 206 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Dunbar Elementary sits 56% below that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Dunbar Elementary records that nearly all students (96%) are Black; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household income runs about $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. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Dunbar Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Melrose High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dunbar Elementary.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 269 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.