Perea Elementary School

Perea Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the schools within Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school educates 393 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Perea Elementary School reports that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household income runs about $63,767, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Perea Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Caldwell-Guthrie, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Perea Elementary School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On this page, members of the Perea Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.