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Rozelle Elementary

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

896^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,009 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 11% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Rozelle Elementary is a public magnet elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee, serving 227 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district, which is ranked 135 out of 139 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rozelle Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Tennessee elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in TNReady assessments for Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science are significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grades. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Rozelle Elementary's proficiency rates were 17.7% in Mathematics, 26% in English Language Arts, and 21.9% in Science, compared to the district averages of 22.6%, 23.7%, and 26.6%, respectively. Additionally, Rozelle Elementary has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.9% to 29.5% in recent years, which are significantly higher than the district and state averages.

While Rozelle Elementary has a relatively high per-student spending of around $19,600 and a low student-teacher ratio of around 11:1, its academic performance is generally lower than the nearby Circles of Success Learning Academy, Peabody Elementary, and Hanley K-8. These nearby schools, while still struggling, tend to have higher proficiency rates and better overall performance compared to Rozelle Elementary. Addressing the systemic challenges facing the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district may be necessary to drive meaningful improvements at Rozelle Elementary.

222

Students ?

11.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,287

Per pupil spending ?

84.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

993 Roland
Memphis, TN 38114-1537

(901) 416-4612

District: Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Students who attend Rozelle Elementary usually attend:

High:

Central High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

95.9%

Two or more races:

2.3%

Hispanic:

1.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 27th percentile in 2018 → 11th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (22% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2018

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg24%

Tennessee avg42%

896^th of 1,009

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 16 pts since 2018

From bottom 27% (2018) to bottom 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

72^nd of 120Elementary Schools in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools

135^th of 139Memphis-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
2025	14.2	896 of 1009	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	845 of 1018	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.4	846 of 1020	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.8	803 of 1000	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.3	892 of 983	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.2	702 of 985	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.2	730 of 997	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	29.1	360 of 498	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.6	302 of 498	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.5	302 of 500	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.1	253 of 483	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.5	305 of 411	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.3	158 of 404	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.0	172 of 450	61.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	17.7	846 of 986	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.1	757 of 990	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	871 of 989	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.4	713 of 975	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.7	774 of 945	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.0	626 of 926	32.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	31.1	651 of 843	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.3	540 of 853	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.9	675 of 865	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.5	695 of 858	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.3	708 of 823	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.5	528 of 821	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.9	388 of 877	55.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	881 of 984	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.0	895 of 991	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	777 of 987	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	867 of 980	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	7.2	933 of 941	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	738 of 916	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2025)28th percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile+12 vs school

Female (2025)14th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)10th percentile~ school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts26%-13 vs state

Science22%-24 vs state

Mathematics18%-24 vs state

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by a citizen
Thursday, July 4, 2019

Rozelle Elementary Optional School is the only Creative and Performing Arts Elementary School in Memphis, and the best kept secret (Performing Arts School 2.0) in Memphis. Students develop creative thinking, innovation, collaboration, and problem solving through the intersection of its dynamic academic model and the CAPA Program. Accomplished Serial Entrepreneurs, Music Producers, Violinists, Writers, Community Foundation Leaders are among Rozelle's alumni (Wendy Moten, Harrison Crite, Stan Bell, Mose Bows just to name a few). This program gets young people prepared to enter fields where they have to have deep creative thinking, problem solving and collaboration skills ---skills absolutely required in the Innovation Economy. This is a Wonderful School. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				TNReady Mathematics (2025)						TNReady English Language Arts (2025)						TNReady Science (2025)						TNReady Social Studies (2025)		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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 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 All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science 6th Grade	TNReady Science 7th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	TNReady Social Studies 6th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 7th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Rozelle Elementary	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		0 (0.0%)	221 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	14.2	896^th of 1009 public elementary schools	11.2%		19.2	845^th of 1018 public elementary schools	17.0%	51	20.0	18.8	13.8			17.7	22.9	31.3	24.1			26.0	11.4	31.3	24.1			21.9			$19,287	$1,415	$16,430
Peabody Elementary	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		18 (5.6%)	280 (86.4%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.9%)	21.7	828^th of 1009 public elementary schools	17.9%		29.6	738^th of 1018 public elementary schools	27.5%	90	14.3	22.2	38.3			24.5	19.6	33.3	31.9			27.3	26.8	25.0	34.0			28.8			$16,586	$1,502	$14,042
Hamilton School	Public	PK, KG-8	1478 Wilson ST	Memphis	38106	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-7832	654	37	17.7		3 (0.5%)	586 (89.6%)	52 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.0%)	3.1	1007^th of 1009 public elementary schools	0.2%		4.5	1011^th of 1018 public elementary schools	0.7%	4	5.8	5.6					11.9	13.0		5.2		5.1	5.8	9.3			11.6	6.3		7.0	$13,150	$1,842	$10,428
Cummings Elementary/Middle	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1037 Cummings St	Memphis	38106	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-7810	267	23	11.5		0 (0.0%)	257 (96.3%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	8	962^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	4.7%		12.3	927^th of 1018 public elementary schools	8.9%	35	17.1	7.9	33.3	9.8	8.9	12.2	7.5	17.9	22.2	12.2	13.3	12.6		10.5	13.9	9.8	6.7	7.7	5.0	8.9	$15,100	$1,238	$12,674
Bruce Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	581 S Bellevue Blvd	Memphis	38104	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-4495	481	33	14.7		9 (1.9%)	402 (83.6%)	54 (11.2%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	12.5	915^th of 1009 public elementary schools	9.3%		14.8	897^th of 1018 public elementary schools	11.9%	18		12.5	26.0			13.3	21.5	20.3	30.6			23.6	17.9	20.3	18.0			18.8			$15,528	$1,613	$12,743
Idlewild Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	1950 Linden Ave	Memphis	38104	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-4566	588	37	15.8		240 (40.8%)	240 (40.8%)	36 (6.1%)	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (9.9%)	88.5	95^th of 1009 public elementary schools	90.6%		87.1	107^th of 1018 public elementary schools	89.5%	12	63.9	57.3	64.4			62.0	69.4	71.6	71.1			70.6	64.8	64.0	76.7			68.3			$14,776	$1,171	$12,620
Memphis Delta Preparatory	Public, Charter	K-5	1237 College ST	Memphis	38106	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 251-1010	381	32	12.0		0 (0.0%)	371 (97.4%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	7.3	973^rd of 1009 public elementary schools	3.6%		6.6	996^th of 1018 public elementary schools	2.2%	23	5.6	11.1				6.2	12.5	12.7	15.0			13.3	11.3	25.4	25.0			20.1			$7,538	$1,901	$5,271
Circles Of Success Learning Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	867 South Parkway East	Memphis	38106	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 322-7978	217	11	19.7		0 (0.0%)	216 (99.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20.5	836^th of 1009 public elementary schools	17.1%		8.9	970^th of 1018 public elementary schools	4.7%	134	20.7		38.5			19.8	48.3	8.0	19.2			26.3	20.7	15.4	15.4			17.3			$16,131	$1,501	$14,264
Memphis College Preparatory	Public, Charter	K-5	1500 Dunn AVE	Memphis	38106	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 620-6475	239	14	17.7		1 (0.4%)	226 (94.6%)	8 (3.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	4.3	1001^st of 1009 public elementary schools	0.8%		7.9	982^nd of 1018 public elementary schools	3.5%	19	13.0	13.5	9.1			12.1	13.0	8.3	6.3			9.6	8.7	7.9	9.1			8.5			$15,486	$1,477	$13,643
Hanley K-8	Public	PK, KG-5	680 Hanley ST	Memphis	38114	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(901) 416-5300	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%)	5.7	990^th of 1009 public elementary schools	1.9%		8.2	980^th of 1018 public elementary schools	3.7%	10	10.0	9.3	19.0			12.8		18.2	14.3			12.5	7.5	7.0				6.4			$16,113	$1,950	$12,961

Frequently Asked Questions about Rozelle Elementary

What district is Rozelle Elementary in?

Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Is Rozelle Elementary a good school?

Rozelle Elementary ranks in the bottom 11.2% of Tennessee elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Rozelle Elementary attend?

Students who attend Rozelle Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Central High

What is the racial makeup of Rozelle Elementary?

Students at Rozelle Elementary are 96% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% Hispanic.

How many students attend Rozelle Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 222 students attended Rozelle Elementary.

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