Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose

Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose operates as a close-knit primary school in Memphis, Tennessee, run under Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 386 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose logs that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate 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), Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Westwood High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. As a public charter, Freedom Prep Elementary - Parkrose runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.