Wells Station Elementary

Located at 1610 Wells Station Rd, in Memphis, Tennessee, Wells Station Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community that caters to 593 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Memphis-Shelby County Schools. That puts it 26% larger than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Wells Station Elementary is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that instructs 111,979 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Wells Station Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 11% Black, 5% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

In the surrounding community, Shelby County reports that median household income runs about $63,767, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Wells Station Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kingsbury Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wells Station Elementary.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Wells Station Elementary's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 799 (now 593). Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 83% across the same window.

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