Frayser-Corning Elementary

Frayser-Corning Elementary is an intimate primary school in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the schools within Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school caters to 347 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Frayser-Corning Elementary sits 26% below that benchmark.

Across the 211 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools (111,979 students total), Frayser-Corning Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Frayser-Corning Elementary lists that nearly all students (97%) are Black. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding 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 the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Frayser-Corning Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Martin Luther King Preparatory High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frayser-Corning Elementary.

Frayser-Corning Elementary operates from a high-density location.

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