Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie

Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie is a tight-knit elementary campus in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the schools within Achievement School District. The school enrolls 245 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 48% smaller than typical.

Across the 15 schools in Achievement School District (5,309 students total), Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie shows that 98% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Looking at school resources, Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie logs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. The state averages around 19.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,767, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Caldwell-Guthrie is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie operates from a downtown location. Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie's enrollment has shrank 56% since 2018, when it stood at 563 (now 245). Class-load math has widened: from 30.6:1 in 2018 to 245.0:1 in 2024.

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