Whitney Elementary

Whitney Elementary, a cozy primary school in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, enrolls 285 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Whitney Elementary sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Whitney Elementary shows that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 3% Native American, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Across the wider county, Shelby County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Whitney Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Martin Luther King Preparatory High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Whitney Elementary operates from a high-density location.

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