📍 3135 Ridgeway, Memphis, Shelby County, 38115
Belle Forest Community School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 1,002 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 59.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Belle Forest Community School enrolls 1,002 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 59.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 815 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 162 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 2% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Belle Forest Community School 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.
Belle Forest Community School 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 1,002 students, Belle Forest Community School 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
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