Oakshire Elementary

Oakshire Elementary operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the schools within Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 442 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Oakshire Elementary is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that serves 111,979 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oakshire Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (96%). Beyond that, the school records 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Around the school, census data for Shelby County shows median household income runs about $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%. Oakshire Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: Havenview Middle, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Oakshire Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Oakshire Elementary's enrollment has expanded 12% since 2018, when it stood at 393 (now 442).

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