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How has Grahamwood Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
850
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 470
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 470014801074
Grahamwood Elementary
3950 Summer Ave, Memphis, TN 38122 · (901) 416-5952 · Shelby County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL850 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Tennessee public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (135).
Student demographics
71%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
47.6%
TN avg 40.9% . +0.4pp since 2022
Math
42.7%
TN avg 39.3% . -3.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 47.2% | 46.5% |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Grahamwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #470 of 957 ▼ 181 | #37 of 144 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #293 of 959 ▼ 118 | #31 of 146 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 850 | #63 of 1,044 | #15 of 156 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #43 of 962 | #2 of 149 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #189 of 537 | #40 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
850
-109 (-11%) 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 | 850 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 887 | 57 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 861 | 62 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 959 | 67 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 996 | 69.6 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 1,034 | 69 | 15.0:1 | 64% (662) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grahamwood Elementary.
About Grahamwood Elementary
Federal records list Grahamwood Elementary as an elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 850 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Tennessee average about 470 students.
Within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Grahamwood Elementary is one of 211 schools. The district enrolls 111,979 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Grahamwood Elementary, with 39% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 31% Black, 18% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Shelby County, the Hispanic share is about 9%. The chance that two students picked at random at Grahamwood Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Grahamwood Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of Tennessee public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Shelby County census figures show that median household income is about $63,767, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 287 public schools operate in Shelby County, serving about 154,209 students.
Compass Community School Berclair Campus is the public school closest to Grahamwood Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Grahamwood Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The NCES locale for Grahamwood Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Grahamwood Elementary went from 959 students to 850.
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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
- Compass Community School Berclair Campus0.2 mi · 231
- Treadwell Elementary1.0 mi · 921
- Treadwell Middle School1.0 mi · 764
- Kingsbury High1.1 mi · 1,383
- Kingsbury Middle1.2 mi · 538
- Berclair Elementary1.2 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Grahamwood ElementaryHow many students attend Grahamwood Elementary?
Grahamwood Elementary enrolls approximately 850 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Grahamwood Elementary serve?
Grahamwood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student diversity at Grahamwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Grahamwood Elementary are roughly 18% White, 39% Hispanic, 31% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Grahamwood Elementary in?
Grahamwood Elementary is part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
What city is Grahamwood Elementary in?
Grahamwood Elementary is located in Memphis, TN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.