Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast

Set in Memphis, Tennessee, Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast is a low-enrollment middle school, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. It enrolls 323 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 554.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools comprises 211 schools with combined enrollment of 111,979 students; Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast is among them.

Demographically, Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%); the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Shelby County put 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%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Power Center Academy Elementary - Southeast, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting. As a public charter, Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast's enrollment has increased 53% since 2018, when it stood at 211 (now 323). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 90% to 83%.

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