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How has Ford Road Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 470
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 470014801061
Ford Road Elementary
3336 Ford Rd, Memphis, TN 38109 · (901) 416-8150 · Shelby County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Tennessee public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Tennessee public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
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Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
STATE -0%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredEnglish Language Arts
14.7%
TN avg 40.9% . +8.9pp since 2022
Math
10.4%
TN avg 39.3% . -53.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 54 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.7% | 10.4% |
| 2023-24 | 7.2% | 5.3% |
| 2022-23 | 5.8% | 64.3% |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Ford Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #928 of 957 ▲ 21 | #129 of 144 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #915 of 959 ▲ 34 | #122 of 146 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #360 of 1,044 | #62 of 156 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #914 of 962 | #129 of 149 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #333 of 537 | #62 of 77 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
536
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 536 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 35 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 28.2 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 28 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 38.8 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 97% (597) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ford Road Elementary.
About Ford Road Elementary
Families in Memphis, Tennessee, are served by Ford Road Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 536 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, Memphis-Shelby County Schools, has 111,979 students enrolled across 211 schools.
Most students at Ford Road Elementary are Black: 96% of enrollment. Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school's share is higher. Ford Road Elementary has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Ford Road Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Tennessee public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Within Shelby County, median household income is about $63,767, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Federal data list 287 public schools in Shelby County, with a combined enrollment of about 154,209.
The nearest other public school, Mitchell High, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
In the federal locale system, Ford Road Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 574 in 2020-21 and 536 in 2024-25, a decrease of 38 students.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
919,173
Census ACS
Median income
$63,767
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
154,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools
- Cordova High SchoolHigh · 2,251 students
- White Station HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Germantown HighHigh · 1,719 students
- Southwind HighHigh · 1,675 students
- Dexter SchoolElementary · 1,509 students
- Whitehaven HighHigh · 1,509 students
Other schools in Memphis
- White Station HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Southwind HighHigh · 1,675 students
- Whitehaven HighHigh · 1,509 students
- Overton HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Snowden Elementary/MiddleElementary · 1,384 students
- Kingsbury HighHigh · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- Mitchell High0.4 mi · 376
- Levi Elementary1.2 mi · 454
- Chickasaw Middle1.5 mi · 330
- Westwood High2.3 mi · 361
- Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose2.3 mi · 386
- Geeter School2.5 mi · 709
Frequently asked questions
About Ford Road ElementaryHow large is Ford Road Elementary?
Ford Road Elementary enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ford Road Elementary serve?
Ford Road Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ford Road Elementary?
At Ford Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Ford Road Elementary public or private?
Ford Road Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Where is Ford Road Elementary located?
Ford Road Elementary is located at 3336 Ford Rd, Memphis, TN 38109.
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