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Kate Bond Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
756th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,009 Tennessee Elementary Schools
Better than 25% of Tennessee elementary schools
Summary

Kate Bond Elementary School is a public elementary school in Bartlett, Tennessee, serving 787 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.

Kate Bond Elementary consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages on standardized tests, with only 29.3% of students proficient or better in Mathematics in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to 42.2% statewide and 22.6% in the district. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.9% to 29.5% over the past few years, significantly higher than state and district averages. Student performance varies greatly across different subgroups, with Kate Bond Elementary's Special Education students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds performing the worst.

Interestingly, the nearby Shelby Oaks Elementary and Dexter School, which are also part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district, perform similarly poorly. In contrast, the Bartlett schools, which are in a different district, consistently outperform Kate Bond Elementary and the Memphis-Shelby County district as a whole.

726
Students ?
14.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,175
Per pupil spending ?
86%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2727 Kate Bond RD
       Bartlett, TN  38133-8140

(901) 416-0020

District: Memphis-Shelby County Schools


Students who attend Kate Bond Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Kate Bond Middle School
High:    Cordova High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
44.8%
African American:
42.1%
White:
10.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 41st percentile in 2017 → 25th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Tennessee average (31% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2017
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school31%
District avg24%
Tennessee avg42%
756th of 1,009
Tennessee public elementary schools ?
Bottom 25%▼ down 16 pts since 2017
From bottom 41% (2017) to bottom 25% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Tennessee Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
41st of 120Elementary Schools in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools
135th 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)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202527.9756 of 100925.1%★☆☆☆☆
202432.8700 of 101831.2%★★☆☆☆
202327.7755 of 102026.0%★☆☆☆☆
202235.0646 of 100035.4%★★☆☆☆
202123.9753 of 98323.4%★☆☆☆☆
201959.5315 of 98568.0%★★★☆☆
201844.4534 of 99746.4%★★☆☆☆
201742.4381 of 64641.0%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202547.1232 of 49853.4%★★★☆☆
202448.0229 of 49854.0%★★★☆☆
202344.7239 of 50052.2%★★★☆☆
202260.7138 of 48371.4%★★★★☆
202147.2166 of 41159.6%★★★☆☆
201973.472 of 40482.2%★★★★☆
201870.989 of 45080.2%★★★★☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202548.393 of 21155.9%★★★☆☆
202466.729 of 17883.7%★★★★☆
202372.420 of 16487.8%★★★★☆
202250.356 of 16566.1%★★★☆☆
202153.032 of 10168.3%★★★☆☆
201958.913 of 6680.3%★★★★☆
201850.930 of 9568.4%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202524.8781 of 98620.8%★☆☆☆☆
202431.4698 of 99029.5%★☆☆☆☆
202324.6758 of 98923.4%★☆☆☆☆
202234.9630 of 97535.4%★★☆☆☆
202119.4765 of 94519.0%★☆☆☆☆
201957.5343 of 92663.0%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202538.6262 of 42438.2%★★☆☆☆
202440.9251 of 41539.5%★★☆☆☆
202341.5215 of 38744.4%★★☆☆☆
202242.7198 of 36345.5%★★☆☆☆
202139.6189 of 32441.7%★★☆☆☆
201972.937 of 25085.2%★★★★☆
201853.7122 of 31961.8%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202546.6450 of 84346.6%★★☆☆☆
202450.3389 of 85354.4%★★★☆☆
202341.8503 of 86541.8%★★☆☆☆
202251.3372 of 85856.6%★★★☆☆
202133.1566 of 82331.2%★★☆☆☆
201970.0127 of 82184.5%★★★★☆
201852.7357 of 87759.3%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202530.9710 of 98427.8%★☆☆☆☆
202433.8663 of 99133.1%★★☆☆☆
202336.0637 of 98735.5%★★☆☆☆
202233.9647 of 98034.0%★★☆☆☆
202132.6622 of 94133.9%★★☆☆☆
201959.3298 of 91667.5%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
201928.9198 of 25522.4%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202549.6398 of 84052.6%★★★☆☆
202462.3258 of 84769.5%★★★☆☆
202336.3558 of 85234.5%★★☆☆☆
202223.7700 of 84417.1%★☆☆☆☆
202128.9632 of 84425.1%★☆☆☆☆
201961.5250 of 81269.2%★★★☆☆
201848.8384 of 84154.3%★★★☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2025)56th percentile+31 vs school
African American (2025)53rd percentile+28 vs school
White (2025)53rd percentile+28 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)47th percentile+22 vs school
Hispanic (2025)38th percentile+13 vs school
Male (2025)28th percentile+3 vs school
Special Education (2019)22nd percentile-46 vs school
Female (2025)21st percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?
Science34%-12 vs state
English Language Arts30%-8 vs state
Mathematics29%-13 vs state

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Kate Bond Elementary School ranks 756th of 1009 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Kate Bond Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Kate Bond Middle School
High : Cordova High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 726 students attended Kate Bond Elementary School.

Students at Kate Bond Elementary School are 45% Hispanic, 42% African American, 10% White, 1% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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Latest Tennessee data All new data »
2024–25 dropout ratesApr 2, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataFeb 27, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataDec 18, 2025
2024–25 graduation ratesOct 28, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Tennessee Department of Education.

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