📍 2606 Select Ave, Memphis, Shelby County, 38114
Dunbar Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 201 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 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dunbar Elementary enrolls 201 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 188 | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.5% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Dunbar 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 29, state house district 93.
Dunbar 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 201 students, Dunbar Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large