J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle

J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle operates as a reasonably sized primary school in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 432 students spanning grades K through 8.

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

In terms of who attends, J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle shows that nearly all students (92%) are Black. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Shelby County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle is one campus in the mix.

Holmes Road Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle has contracted 27%, going from 588 students in 2018 to 432 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 98% to 92%.

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