Treadwell Middle School

Treadwell Middle School is a reasonably sized middle-grades school in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school works with 764 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 38% bigger than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 554 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Treadwell Middle School lists that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 30% Black, 5% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Shelby County) records that the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Treadwell Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Treadwell Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Treadwell Middle School.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Treadwell Middle School has increased 63%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 764 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 37% to 59% across the same window.

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