Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School

Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School is a mid-tier K-5 school in Memphis, Tennessee, run under Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school enrolls 406 students in grades K through 8.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools runs 211 schools in total, collectively educating 111,979 students. Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School lists that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Shelby County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: Craigmont Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School operates from a downtown location. Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 468 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.