Memphis College Preparatory

Set in Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis College Preparatory is a compact primary school, run under Memphis-Shelby County Schools. It educates 227 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 52% smaller than the state mean of about 470.

Across the 211 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools (111,979 students total), Memphis College Preparatory accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Memphis College Preparatory logs that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In the surrounding community, Shelby County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,767, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Memphis College Preparatory is one.

Nearest neighbor: Veritas College Preparatory, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. Memphis College Preparatory 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 19%: 280 students in 2018 compared to 227 in 2025.

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