📍 4775 American Way, Memphis, Shelby County, 38118
Memphis Merit Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 291 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 41.6:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Memphis Merit Academy enrolls 291 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 41.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 274 | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Memphis Merit 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 33, state house district 87.
Memphis Merit 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 291 students, Memphis Merit 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
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