Willow Oaks Elementary

Willow Oaks Elementary is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools, serveing 620 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 470.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools comprises 211 schools with combined enrollment of 111,979 students; Willow Oaks Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Willow Oaks Elementary lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 40% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In the area at large, Shelby County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,767, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Willow Oaks Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Leadership Preparatory Charter School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Willow Oaks Elementary.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Willow Oaks Elementary has contracted 11%, going from 699 students in 2018 to 620 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 56% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.