Oakhaven Middle

As a tight-knit 6-8 campus in Memphis, Tennessee, Oakhaven Middle works with 303 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 554 students each, so Oakhaven Middle sits 45% below that benchmark.

Oakhaven Middle is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that hosts 111,979 students overall.

On demographics, Oakhaven Middle records that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Shelby County shows median household income runs about $63,767, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Oakhaven Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oakhaven High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oakhaven Middle.

Oakhaven Middle operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 310 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 87% to 77%.

On the community side, members of the Oakhaven Middle community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.