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Bethel Grove Elementary School

Q: Is Bethel Grove Elementary School a good school?

Bethel Grove Elementary School ranks in the bottom 7.8% of Tennessee elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Bethel Grove Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 290 students attended Bethel Grove Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Bethel Grove Elementary School?

Students at Bethel Grove Elementary School are 94% African American, 4% Hispanic.

Q: What schools do graduates of Bethel Grove Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Bethel Grove Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Sherwood Middle School High : Melrose High School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

940^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 8% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Bethel Grove Elementary School is a PK–5 school in Memphis, TN, serving 290 students within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district ranked 137th out of 141 in Tennessee. For 2025–2026, Bethel Grove Elementary School ranked 940th out of 1,019 elementary schools statewide — the 8th percentile — and has consistently placed in the bottom 10–15% of Tennessee elementary schools over the past decade.

There are some genuine bright spots. Third-grade ELA proficiency reached 34.1%, above the district average of 31.8%, and math proficiency has improved from 7.4% to 11.6% since 2022–2023, while science rose from 9.7% to 16.1%. However, ELA proficiency falls sharply as students progress — from 34.1% in 3rd grade to just 8.3% by 5th grade, far below the state average of 42.7%. Nearby schools show that stronger outcomes are achievable: Cherokee Elementary School ranks at the 46th percentile with much higher proficiency across all subjects, and Rozelle Elementary School ranks at the 36th percentile. Bethel Grove spends $17,572 per student — higher than the per-pupil spending at several schools that outperform it — yet the return on that investment, in terms of student proficiency, remains weak.

The most urgent concern is chronic absenteeism, which has skyrocketed from 9.0% in 2022–2023 to 38.6% in 2024–2025 — well above the district rate of 30.2% and more than double the state rate of 18.3%. School effectiveness rankings also reveal a striking gap: female students rank at the 9th percentile while male students rank at the 1st percentile. There is encouraging momentum, though: effectiveness for African American students improved from the 9th to the 19th percentile, and for low-income students from the 2nd to the 11th percentile. Reducing absenteeism and supporting upper-grade literacy and male students will be critical if Bethel Grove is to follow the example of higher-performing neighboring schools.

290

Students ?

14.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,572

Per pupil spending ?

95.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2459 Arlington Ave
Memphis, TN 38114

(901) 416-5012

District: Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Students who attend Bethel Grove Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Sherwood Middle School
High:	Melrose High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

94.1%

Hispanic:

4.1%

White:

0.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 2nd percentile in 2017 → 8th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2017

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (16% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 18% Tennessee)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school16%

District avg25%

Tennessee avg43%

940^th of 1,019

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 8%▲ up 6 pts since 2017

From bottom 2% (2017) to bottom 8% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

84^th of 120Elementary Schools in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools

137^th of 141Memphis-Shelby County Schools among Tennessee districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	9.9	940 of 1019	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.4	972 of 1009	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	946 of 1018	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.5	944 of 1020	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	907 of 1000	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.3	941 of 983	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.0	862 of 985	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	875 of 997	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	8.0	632 of 646	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	21.4	404 of 498	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.9	455 of 498	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.4	394 of 498	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	384 of 500	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	384 of 483	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.9	368 of 411	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.1	247 of 404	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.5	265 of 450	41.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	13.0	899 of 986	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.5	919 of 990	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	896 of 989	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	858 of 975	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.4	895 of 945	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	823 of 926	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	18.9	729 of 823	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.9	826 of 843	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	750 of 853	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.6	774 of 865	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	825 of 858	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.3	620 of 821	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.4	614 of 877	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	4.6	974 of 984	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	932 of 991	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	899 of 987	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	880 of 980	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.1	861 of 941	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.8	812 of 916	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)19th percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)11th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)1st percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts20%-20 vs state

Science16%-31 vs state

Mathematics12%-31 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				TNReady Mathematics (2026)							TNReady English Language Arts (2026)							TNReady Science (2026)							TNReady Social Studies (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2016)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 3rd Grade	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 6th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 7th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 8th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 3rd Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 4th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 5th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 6th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 7th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 8th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science 6th Grade	TNReady Science 7th Grade	TNReady Science 8th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	TNReady Social Studies 6th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 7th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 8th Grade	TNReady Social Studies All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bethel Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2459 Arlington Ave	Memphis	38114	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-5012	299	20	14.9	95.9%	4 (1.3%)	278 (93.0%)	11 (3.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	9.9	940^th of 1019 public elementary schools	7.8%		7.4	972^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	3.7%	32	17.1	16.7	< 5%				11.6	34.1	16.2	8.3				20.2	19.5	13.9	14.3				16.1					$17,572	$2,303	$14,091
Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus	Public, Charter	K-8	2718 Lamar Avenue	Memphis	38114	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 743-6700	188	17	11.0		4 (2.1%)	121 (64.4%)	62 (33.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	7.3	972^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	4.6%		14.4	893^rd of 1009 public elementary schools	11.5%	79	9.5	32.0	15.8	< 5%	< 5%	14.3	13.1	9.5	16.0	5.3	< 5%	17.4	9.5	10.8	9.5	24.0	15.8	< 5%	13.0	14.3	13.8	9.5	47.8	9.5	23.1	$15,751	$1,441	$13,944
Dunbar Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2606 Select Ave	Memphis	38114	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-5000	198	16	12.1	94.3%	3 (1.5%)	189 (95.5%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	20	854^th of 1019 public elementary schools	16.2%		9.8	943^rd of 1009 public elementary schools	6.5%	89	27.0	21.4	6.7				18.9	36.1	25.0	13.3				25.5	35.1	46.4	10.0				30.5					$18,705	$1,533	$15,527
Hanley K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-5	680 Hanley Street	Memphis	38114	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(901) 416-0527	572	29	19.8		3 (0.5%)	544 (95.1%)	14 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	3.5	1014^th of 1019 public elementary schools	0.5%		5.7	990^th of 1009 public elementary schools	1.9%	24	9.4	10.5	5.9				8.5	11.8	13.2	5.9				10.0	11.3	13.2	5.9				9.9					$16,113	$1,950	$12,961
Cherokee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3061 Kimball Ave	Memphis	38114	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-5028	368	25	15.0	96.2%	1 (0.3%)	329 (89.4%)	35 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	45.7	552^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	45.8%		37.5	635^th of 1009 public elementary schools	37.1%	83	42.3	42.9	31.7				39.6	40.4	23.2	36.6				32.9	50.0	50.0	58.5				52.3					$16,964	$2,043	$13,386
Peabody Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2086 Young Ave	Memphis	38104	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-4606	324	19	17.0	72.5%	18 (5.6%)	280 (86.4%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.9%)	23.8	816^th of 1019 public elementary schools	19.9%		21.7	828^th of 1009 public elementary schools	17.9%	12	27.5	13.3	13.8				18.4	35.0	37.8	34.5				36.0	35.0	33.3	27.6				32.5					$16,586	$1,502	$14,042
Memphis College Preparatory School	Public, Charter	K-5	1500 Dunn Avenue	Memphis	38106	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 620-6475	239	14	17.7	95.8%	1 (0.4%)	226 (94.6%)	8 (3.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	6.2	984^th of 1019 public elementary schools	3.4%		4.3	1001^st of 1009 public elementary schools	0.8%	17	18.2	13.0	7.3				12.5	24.2	20.0	12.2				18.5	12.1	10.9	9.8				10.8					$15,486	$1,477	$13,643
Alcy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1750 E Alcy Rd	Memphis	38114	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-3674	732	45	16.3		6 (0.8%)	652 (89.1%)	64 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.4%)	5.2	1003^rd of 1019 public elementary schools	1.6%		4.5	999^th of 1009 public elementary schools	1.0%	4	13.9	12.1	7.8				11.4	14.8	15.4	8.8				13.1	14.5	15.4	14.3				14.7					$13,718	$1,621	$11,027
Sharpe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3431 Sharpe Rd	Memphis	38111	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-5020	304	22	13.8	96.5%	2 (0.7%)	113 (37.2%)	185 (60.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	6.5	982^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	3.6%		11.8	926^th of 1009 public elementary schools	8.2%	56	14.6	23.4	10.9				16.3	14.3	12.8	15.2				14.1	14.3	17.0	13.0				14.8					$17,225	$1,666	$14,112
Rozelle Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	993 Roland	Memphis	38114	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-4612	227	21	11.0	84.5%	0 (0.0%)	221 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	38.7	649^th of 1019 public elementary schools	36.3%		14.2	896^th of 1009 public elementary schools	11.2%	247	25.9	34.5	25.8				28.7	37.0	51.7	41.9				43.7	33.3	51.7	38.7				41.4					$19,287	$1,415	$16,430

Frequently Asked Questions about Bethel Grove Elementary School

What district is Bethel Grove Elementary School in?

Memphis-Shelby County Schools

What is the racial makeup of Bethel Grove Elementary School?

Students at Bethel Grove Elementary School are 94% African American, 4% Hispanic.

Is Bethel Grove Elementary School a good school?

Bethel Grove Elementary School ranks in the bottom 7.8% of Tennessee elementary schools.

How many students attend Bethel Grove Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 290 students attended Bethel Grove Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Bethel Grove Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Bethel Grove Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sherwood Middle School
High : Melrose High School

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