📍 1219 Whitney AVE, Memphis, Shelby County, 38127
Whitney Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 262 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 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
Whitney Elementary enrolls 262 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 1.1% White and 1.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 253 | 97% |
| White | 3 | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Whitney 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 30, state house district 86.
Whitney 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 262 students, Whitney 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