Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship

Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship operates as a medium-sized 9-12 campus in Memphis, Tennessee, overseen by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 692 students spanning grades 6 through 12.

Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that works with 111,979 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship reports that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Shelby County) logs that median household income runs about $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 Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship is one.

Geeter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 796 students in 2018 compared to 692 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 90% to 82% across the same window.

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