Parkway Village Elementary

Located at 3000 Claudette RD, in Memphis, Tennessee, Parkway Village Elementary is an expansive elementary school that teaches 856 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Memphis-Shelby County Schools. That puts it 82% above the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Parkway Village Elementary lists that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 44% Black. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Shelby County put median household earnings sit near $63,767, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Parkway Village Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sheffield High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Parkway Village Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

On the community side, the feed for Parkway Village Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.