Ridgeway Middle

Ridgeway Middle, a mid-tier middle-grades school in Memphis, Tennessee, run under Memphis-Shelby County Schools, works with 599 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 211 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools (111,979 students total), Ridgeway Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Ridgeway Middle logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Shelby County) logs that median household income runs about $63,767, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ridgeway Middle is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: Balmoral/Ridgeway Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridgeway Middle.

Ridgeway Middle operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Ridgeway Middle's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 705 (now 599). Black enrollment moved from 91% to 81% across the same window.

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