Libertas

Located at 3777 Edenburg DR, in Memphis, Tennessee, Libertas is an average-sized elementary campus that caters to 576 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Tennessee Public Charter School Commission. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 470.

Tennessee Public Charter School Commission runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 6,979 students. Libertas is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Libertas logs that Black students make up the majority at 73%; the rest reads as 16% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Shelby County shows median household income runs about $63,767, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Libertas is one.

The closest other public school is Trezevant High, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Libertas operates from an inner-city location. Libertas operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Libertas community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.