📍 3240 James RD, Memphis, Shelby County, 38108
Star Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 285 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools school district. It serves grades K–7 in an urban setting. The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 31.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Star Academy enrolls 285 students across grades K–7. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 31.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 267 | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 3.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.4% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Star 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 98.
Star 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 285 students, Star 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