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Best kept secret at Sycamore Elementary School?
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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 470
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIERVILLE·NCES 470014901359
Sycamore Elementary School
1155 Sycamore RD, Collierville, TN 38017 · (901) 854-8202 · Shelby County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Tennessee public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Tennessee public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
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Teacher data unavailable
STATE 19.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
STATE -0%
Community
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0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
TN avg 40.9% . -1.8pp since 2022
Math
73.1%
TN avg 39.3% . -0.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 73.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.6% | 69.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.9% | 73.6% |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Sycamore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #68 of 957 ▲ 9 | #11 of 144 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #98 of 959 ▼ 31 | #16 of 146 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #296 of 1,044 | #56 of 156 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.2% | #1 of 962 | #1 of 149 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.5% | #17 of 537 | #5 of 77 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
580
+72 (+14%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 580 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 50.8 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 46.5 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 41 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 899 | 61 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 750 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 23% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sycamore Elementary School.
About Sycamore Elementary School
Collierville, Tennessee, is home to Sycamore Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 580 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Tennessee average about 470 students, which makes this school 23% larger than average.
Sycamore Elementary School belongs to Collierville, a district of 10 schools and 9,353 students.
No group is above 50% at Sycamore Elementary School; the largest is Black, at 31%. The rest of enrollment is 28% White, 19% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Among all residents of Shelby County, the Black share is about 52%. The diversity index for Sycamore Elementary School is 76%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sycamore Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 92% of Tennessee public elementary schools.
Census data for Shelby County show median household income comes to about $63,767, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county has 287 public schools and about 154,209 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Sycamore Elementary School from the closest public school, Collierville High School. The five-mile area around Sycamore Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools.
Sycamore Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
919,173
Census ACS
Median income
$63,767
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
154,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Collierville
- Collierville High SchoolHigh · 2,946 students
- West Collierville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,348 students
- Bailey Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 850 students
- Collierville Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Collierville Elementary SchoolElementary · 750 students
- Crosswind Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
Other schools in Collierville
- Collierville High SchoolHigh · 2,946 students
- West Collierville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,348 students
- Bailey Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 850 students
- Collierville Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Collierville Elementary SchoolElementary · 750 students
- Crosswind Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
Other Sycamore Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Sycamore Elementary. Sycamore Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 14.
- Sycamore ElementaryCookeville, TN · 337 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolSugar Hill, GA · 751 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolCorona de Tucson, AZ · 640 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolAvon, IN · 512 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Collierville High School0.5 mi · 2,946
- Collierville Middle School1.7 mi · 815
- Schilling Farms Elementary School1.9 mi · 654
- Collierville Virtual Academy2.4 mi · 90
- Collierville Elementary School3.1 mi · 750
- Bailey Station Elementary School3.8 mi · 850
Frequently asked questions
About Sycamore Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sycamore Elementary School?
Sycamore Elementary School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sycamore Elementary School serve?
Sycamore Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student diversity at Sycamore Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sycamore Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 31% Black, 19% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Sycamore Elementary School?
Sycamore Elementary School is overseen by Collierville in Shelby County.
What county does Sycamore Elementary School serve?
Sycamore Elementary School serves Shelby County in TN.
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