Winchester Elementary

Set in Memphis, Tennessee, Winchester Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. It instructs 344 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 27% smaller than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, Winchester Elementary logs that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 2% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

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. Winchester Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: Freedom Prep Elementary - Millbranch, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Winchester Elementary.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 42%: 593 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Winchester Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.