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Fox Meadows Elementary School

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Fox Meadows Elementary School ranks 741 st of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

741^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 27% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Fox Meadows Elementary School is a PK-5 public school in Memphis, TN, serving 476 students as part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. After ranking at just the 12th percentile statewide in 2024-2025, the school jumped to the 27th percentile in 2025-2026 (741st out of 1,019 schools). This improvement places Fox Meadows in a middle position among nearby schools: it outperforms Evans Elementary School, Belle Forest Community School, Power Center Academy Elementary School, and Memphis Merit Academy, but trails Newberry Elementary School, Balmoral/Ridgeway Elementary School, Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus, Winridge Elementary School, and the Cornerstone Prep Knight Road Campus School.

Fox Meadows' most distinctive strength is its performance with historically underserved students. In 2025-2026, Hispanic students ranked in the 93rd percentile statewide (5 stars), and low-income students in the 66th percentile. The school beat its district average in every tested subject: 35% proficient in math vs. 22.1% district-wide, 33.5% in ELA vs. 24.6%, and 35% in science vs. 28.4%. Grade-level data shows math proficiency climbing from 22.4% in 3rd grade to 44.1% in 5th grade — a score higher than Winridge, Evans, Power Center Academy, Belle Forest, and Memphis Merit. ELA, however, drops in 5th grade to 28.8%, signaling a need for targeted reading support.

The school faces clear challenges. Chronic absenteeism is 31.8%, well above the state's 18.3%. Special education outcomes remain very low (7th percentile). Spending alone doesn't explain the gap: Fox Meadows spends $15,770 per student, slightly more than Newberry, which achieves dramatically higher results in the same neighborhood. Still, the trajectory is positive — the school has climbed from the 6th percentile in 2018-2019 — and its subgroup gains suggest recent instructional changes are working. Reducing absenteeism, shoring up 5th-grade reading, and expanding special education support will be key to keeping this momentum going.

476

Students ?

17.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,770

Per pupil spending ?

91.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2960 Emerald St
Memphis, TN 38115

(901) 416-2530

District: Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Students who attend Fox Meadows Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Wooddale Middle School
High:	Wooddale High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

75.0%

Hispanic:

22.3%

Two or more races:

1.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 11th percentile in 2018 → 27th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2018

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (35% vs 43% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 18% Tennessee)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school35%

District avg25%

Tennessee avg43%

741^st of 1,019

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 27%▲ up 16 pts since 2018

From bottom 11% (2018) to bottom 27% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

43^rd 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	31.5	741 of 1019	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.0	887 of 1009	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.2	764 of 1018	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	789 of 1020	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.4	776 of 1000	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.8	912 of 983	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.1	929 of 985	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.1	884 of 997	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	49.8	236 of 498	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	32.4	339 of 498	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.3	233 of 498	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.9	244 of 500	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.8	230 of 483	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	23.7	322 of 411	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	329 of 404	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.4	298 of 450	33.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	18.5	839 of 986	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	766 of 990	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	811 of 989	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	750 of 975	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.0	883 of 945	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	873 of 926	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	91.3	34 of 458	92.6%	★★★★★
2025	34.6	285 of 424	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.3	212 of 415	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.5	169 of 387	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	27.0	262 of 319	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	58.9	279 of 823	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	29.9	661 of 843	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.4	522 of 853	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.7	467 of 865	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.5	516 of 858	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.8	704 of 823	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	737 of 821	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	719 of 877	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	16.5	857 of 984	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.8	695 of 991	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.8	728 of 987	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	812 of 980	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.9	857 of 941	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	875 of 916	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	19.7	542 of 582	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2026)93rd percentile+65 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)66th percentile+39 vs school

African American (2026)53rd percentile+25 vs school

Female (2025)15th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)13th percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)7th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics35%-8 vs state

Science35%-12 vs state

English Language Arts34%-7 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, September 6, 2019

I can see why this school rank the worst they are very unprofessional they're very unfriendly to parents I go to have lunch with my grandson and it's obvious they talk about me with the other teachers and that was a problem that I come there to help him transition into kindergarten this is the first time he's ever gone to kindergarten went down a school lunch line to get his food they're not teaching them to do this they expect them to already know how to do this kindergarteners now they don't get any help if they don't get a milk or a fruit on their tray the workers do not help them and they if they miss getting silverware they can't go back and get any what do they do eat with their fingers this is the first time doing this I'm appalled at the way they treat this these children they are very angry and mean people obviously they bring their problems to work I've not seen one of them smile at the children or talk to them in a decent respectable manner they are children they need to be taught they don't know what they're doing specially kindergarteners I'm talking about kindergarteners here I've never seen such a unprofessionalism they need help and I go and try to help as much as I can they treat me is if I like terrorist I've never been treated so rudely by school staff in my life and their mission is to work together with the parents what a joke they act like I have no business being here one of them even said why don't you let him do his lunch by itself he's learning how he needs help he doesn't know how to open up a milk carton he's never had a milk carton before in his life I'm just saying they are no help to those children they suck the joy right out of them those kids are afraid to ask those women in that cafeteria for anything there's only a couple in there that's nice I have never in my life but of course I'm from Kansas I'm very concerned about the children at Fox Meadows Close Quote

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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
Fox Meadows Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2960 Emerald St	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-2530	536	32	17.0	91.5%	2 (0.4%)	438 (81.7%)	79 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.2%)	31.5	741^st of 1019 public elementary schools	27.3%		15	887^th of 1009 public elementary schools	12.1%	146	22.4	41.2	44.1				35.0	33.3	39.2	28.8				33.5	31.3	37.3	37.3				35.0					$15,770	$2,276	$12,526
Cornerstone Prep Knight Road Campus School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-3	3237 Knight Road	Memphis	38118	Shelby County	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(901) 416-3645	53	6	9.6		2 (3.8%)	41 (77.4%)	9 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	52.2	473^rd of 1019 public elementary schools	53.6%					(n/a)	50.0						50.0	38.5						38.5	42.3						42.3					$20,548	$1,071	$19,477
Newberry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5540 Newberry Ave	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-2518	378	25	15.1	75.1%	4 (1.1%)	265 (70.1%)	103 (27.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	77.1	178^th of 1019 public elementary schools	82.5%		71.8	224^th of 1009 public elementary schools	77.8%	46	49.1	45.7	70.6				53.3	59.6	34.8	79.4				56.2	86.0	80.4	85.3				83.9					$15,468	$1,554	$12,598
Evans Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4949 Cottonwood Rd	Memphis	38118	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-2504	448	28	16.2	94.2%	4 (0.9%)	276 (61.6%)	158 (35.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	20	856^th of 1019 public elementary schools	16.0%		16.4	873^rd of 1009 public elementary schools	13.5%	17	27.7	22.2	20.9				23.6	23.1	36.5	28.4				29.2	26.2	34.9	28.4				29.7					$15,480	$1,435	$12,932
Balmoral/Ridgeway Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	5905 Grosvenor Ave	Memphis	38119	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-2128	271	22	12.3	76.3%	18 (6.6%)	228 (84.1%)	20 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	66.4	295^th of 1019 public elementary schools	71.1%		66	282^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	72.1%	13	55.9	64.8	46.2				56.6	42.4	60.0	51.3				51.0	47.5	51.9	51.3				50.0					$16,958	$1,440	$14,399
Power Center Academy Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-5	3540 S. Mendenhall Street	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 310-2999	712	48	14.8	91.7%	7 (1.0%)	481 (67.6%)	220 (30.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	26.7	789^th of 1019 public elementary schools	22.6%		38.5	623^rd of 1009 public elementary schools	38.3%	166	20.4	33.9	29.9				28.2	41.1	34.2	24.6				33.0	31.5	38.3	33.9				34.6					$14,740	$1,556	$12,818
Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus	Public, Charter	K-8	3572 Emerald	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 546-9926	254	20	12.7		5 (2.0%)	41 (16.1%)	205 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	44.5	572^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	43.9%		37.7	631^st of 1009 public elementary schools	37.5%	59	31.8	40.0	16.7	40.0	52.0	72.0	42.5	18.2	52.0	25.0	64.0	32.0	36.0	38.4	18.2	52.0	29.2	60.0	40.0	28.0	38.4	60.0	64.0	44.0	56.0	$15,368	$1,228	$13,773
Belle Forest Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	3135 Ridgeway	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-7200	1,035	58	17.8	93.3%	4 (0.4%)	817 (78.9%)	201 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.3%)	21	848^th of 1019 public elementary schools	16.8%		14.2	895^th of 1009 public elementary schools	11.3%	47	52.6	27.8	14.4				31.8	32.2	21.2	21.1				24.9	23.0	25.3	25.9				24.7					$14,244	$1,906	$11,408
Memphis Merit Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4075 American Way	Memphis	38118	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 617-3690	355	20	17.7		0 (0.0%)	338 (95.2%)	12 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	9.8	942^nd of 1019 public elementary schools	7.6%		7.8	965^th of 1009 public elementary schools	4.4%	23	10.5	12.3	16.4	8.0	13.2		12.1	27.6	17.5	20.0	8.0	18.4		18.6	22.4	28.1	20.4	26.0	31.6		25.3	8.0	15.8		11.4	$14,046	$1,385	$12,294
Empower Memphis Career and College Prep School	Public, Charter	K-2	4775 American Way	Memphis	38118	Shelby County	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(901) 877-4296																			(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Fox Meadows Elementary School

What district is Fox Meadows Elementary School in?

Memphis-Shelby County Schools

What schools do graduates of Fox Meadows Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Fox Meadows Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Wooddale Middle School
High : Wooddale High School

What is the racial makeup of Fox Meadows Elementary School?

Students at Fox Meadows Elementary School are 75% African American, 22% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races, 1% White.

How many students attend Fox Meadows Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 476 students attended Fox Meadows Elementary School.

Is Fox Meadows Elementary School a good school?

Fox Meadows Elementary School ranks 741^st of 1019 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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