Northaven Elementary

Northaven Elementary is a primary school of tight-knit scale in Memphis, Tennessee, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, educateing 320 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Northaven Elementary sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools comprises 211 schools with combined enrollment of 111,979 students; Northaven Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Northaven Elementary records that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In the broader community, census data for Shelby County shows median household earnings sit near $63,767, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Northaven Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

The closest other public school is Compass Community School Frayser Campus, roughly 2.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Northaven Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 320).

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