📍 4890 Ross Rd, Memphis, Shelby County, 38141
Ross Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 665 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.1:1. 7% of students are proficient in reading. 1% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ross Elementary enrolls 665 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Black or African American, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 561 | 84% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 90 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.4% |
| White | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Ross Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 33, state house district 84.
Ross Elementary is one of 222 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools, based in Memphis, Tennessee. The district serves 111,124 students district-wide and employs 6,885 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 665 students, Ross Elementary is larger than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large