Memphis STEM Academy

Memphis STEM Academy is an elementary school of small scale in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, enrolling 276 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Memphis STEM Academy sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, which oversees 211 schools and 111,979 students, Memphis STEM Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Memphis STEM Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Shelby County put 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. Memphis STEM Academy is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Memphis Business Academy Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Memphis STEM Academy.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, Memphis STEM Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 126%: 122 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 75% to 83% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.