Westhaven Elementary

As a heavily attended K-5 school in Memphis, Tennessee, Westhaven Elementary instructs 740 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. That puts it 57% bigger than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Westhaven Elementary shows that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In the area at large, census data for Shelby County shows median household income runs about $63,767, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westhaven Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

The closest other public school is Fairley High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 824 students in 2018 compared to 740 in 2025.

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