Southwest Career Technology Center

Southwest Career Technology Center is a moderately sized secondary school in Memphis, Tennessee, run under Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school instructs students from the surrounding community in grades 9 through 12.

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

In the surrounding community, Shelby County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, 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), Southwest Career Technology Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Levi Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southwest Career Technology Center.

Southwest Career Technology Center operates from an urban location.

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