William Herbert Brewster Elementary School

William Herbert Brewster Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Memphis, Tennessee, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 548 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

William Herbert Brewster Elementary School is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that works with 111,979 students overall.

In terms of who attends, William Herbert Brewster Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Shelby County) logs that median household income runs about $63,767, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which William Herbert Brewster Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Compass Community School Binghampton Campus, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William Herbert Brewster Elementary School.

William Herbert Brewster Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 15%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 75% to 67% across the same window.

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