Sheffield Elementary

Sheffield Elementary is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, works with 386 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools runs 211 schools in total, collectively educating 111,979 students. Sheffield Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sheffield Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Black. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sheffield Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Shrine School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 37%: 611 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 35% to 72%.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.