📍 1346 Bryan ST, Memphis, Shelby County, 38108
Promise Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 304 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 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Promise Academy enrolls 304 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Black or African American, 12% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 265 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 12% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Promise Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 30, state house district 93.
Promise Academy 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 304 students, Promise Academy 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