Springdale Elementary

Springdale Elementary is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, with 231 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Springdale Elementary lists that nearly all students (90%) are Black; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

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), Springdale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

KIPP Memphis Collegiate High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 293 students in 2018 compared to 231 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 95% to 90% across the same window.

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