Journey Coleman School

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Memphis, Tennessee, Journey Coleman School hosts 630 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Achievement School District. That puts it 34% above the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Journey Coleman School is one of 15 schools operated by Achievement School District, a district that works with 5,309 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Journey Coleman School records that nearly all students (89%) are Black. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 19.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, Shelby County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Journey Coleman School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Journey Coleman K-8, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Journey Coleman School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Journey Coleman School has rose 11%, going from 570 students in 2018 to 630 in 2024. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 93% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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