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Lowrance Elementary/Middle

Public Grades PK, KG-8

913^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,009 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 10% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Lowrance Elementary/Middle is a public school in Memphis, Tennessee that serves 914 students in grades PK-8. 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.

Lowrance Elementary/Middle consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Tennessee elementary schools, with a ranking between 881-949 out of 1,000-1,020 schools over the past 5 years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 17.1% of Lowrance students were proficient or better in Mathematics compared to 22.6% for the district and 42.2% for the state. Lowrance also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.9% to 29.5% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

In comparison, the nearby schools such as Germantown Elementary, Winridge Elementary, and Oak Forest Elementary generally perform much better than Lowrance on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates and rankings in the top half of Tennessee elementary schools. These nearby schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates, higher spending per student, and lower student-teacher ratios compared to Lowrance.

787

Students ?

17.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,708

Per pupil spending ?

75%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7740 Lowrance RD
Memphis, TN 38125

(901) 416-2330

District: Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Students who attend Lowrance Elementary/Middle usually attend:

High:

Southwind High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

81.3%

Hispanic:

15.2%

Two or more races:

2.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 26th percentile in 2018 → 10th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (22% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2018

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg25%

Tennessee avg43%

Elementary school

913^th of 1,009

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 10%▼ down 16 pts since 2018

From bottom 26% (2018) to bottom 10% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

471^st of 583

Tennessee public middle schools ?

Bottom 19%▼ down 4 pts since 2018

From bottom 23% (2018) to bottom 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

78^th 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	12.6	913 of 1009	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	936 of 1018	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	949 of 1020	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	881 of 1000	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.5	888 of 983	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.2	710 of 985	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	742 of 997	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	375 of 498	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.3	426 of 498	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	397 of 500	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.6	361 of 483	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.9	294 of 411	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.1	176 of 404	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.8	217 of 450	51.8%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	22.9	163 of 178	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	928 of 986	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	902 of 990	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	916 of 989	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	797 of 975	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.9	851 of 945	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.5	689 of 926	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	24.9	347 of 424	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.7	253 of 415	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.0	289 of 387	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	52.9	139 of 363	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	26.2	254 of 324	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	55.8	74 of 250	70.4%	★★★★☆
2018	57.4	113 of 319	64.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	29.8	664 of 843	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.7	774 of 853	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	803 of 865	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	757 of 858	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.3	725 of 823	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.8	485 of 821	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.1	722 of 877	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	16.1	862 of 984	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	925 of 991	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	925 of 987	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	877 of 980	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.3	853 of 941	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.8	645 of 916	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	20.3	471 of 583	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.0	446 of 587	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	494 of 594	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.2	461 of 569	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.4	494 of 576	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.0	437 of 574	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.4	431 of 563	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	31.2	204 of 312	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.4	176 of 318	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.6	194 of 316	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.4	188 of 299	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.0	192 of 277	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.8	151 of 293	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.0	127 of 284	55.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	22.7	431 of 546	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	443 of 554	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.3	472 of 560	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	440 of 552	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.2	479 of 538	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.8	408 of 529	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	49.1	138 of 286	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.6	82 of 285	71.2%	★★★★☆
2023	37.8	165 of 285	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.1	117 of 275	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	24.9	206 of 261	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	84.8	22 of 228	90.4%	★★★★★
2018	62.9	62 of 219	71.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	36.7	320 of 490	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.7	298 of 510	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.5	357 of 514	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.7	363 of 495	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.9	432 of 483	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	393 of 490	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.4	347 of 481	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	19.1	458 of 550	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.8	401 of 560	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	479 of 557	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	442 of 540	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.0	433 of 529	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.9	393 of 523	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	64.7	54 of 332	83.7%	★★★★☆

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)

Elementary school

African American (2025)25th percentile+15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)18th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2025)12th percentile+3 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)8th percentile~ school

Female (2025)6th percentile-4 vs school

Middle school

Special Education (2025)84th percentile+65 vs school

Hispanic (2025)52nd percentile+33 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+15 vs school

African American (2025)35th percentile+15 vs school

Female (2025)21st percentile~ school

Male (2025)17th percentile~ school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies26%-23 vs state

Science25%-21 vs state

English Language Arts20%-19 vs state

Mathematics17%-25 vs state

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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 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
Lowrance Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	7740 Lowrance RD	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-2330	914	52	17.5		9 (1.0%)	739 (80.9%)	135 (14.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.0%)	12.6	913^th of 1009 public elementary schools	9.5%		11.4	936^th of 1018 public elementary schools	8.1%	23	26.0	11.3	28.6	7.0	17.6	16.0	17.1	28.4	13.9	24.3	6.0	29.7	21.0	20.1	30.8	18.1	25.7	13.1	36.3	28.0	25.3	18.2	18.7	41.4	26.3	$14,708	$1,677	$12,158
Southwind Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8155 Meadow Vale Dr	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-2805	661	42	15.9		24 (3.6%)	517 (78.2%)	85 (12.9%)	19 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.0%)	59.5	358^th of 1009 public elementary schools	64.5%		58.7	366^th of 1018 public elementary schools	64.0%	8	71.8	54.1	33.7				53.4	68.2	60.0	27.7				52.2	52.9	45.9	27.7				42.3					$14,230	$1,511	$11,814
Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Elementary School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	4443 S. Germantown RD	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 505-0551	174	15	11.6		2 (1.1%)	153 (87.9%)	17 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	36.5	658^th of 1009 public elementary schools	34.8%		24.2	797^th of 1018 public elementary schools	21.7%	139	52.4	42.3	31.3				40.5	47.6	32.0	28.1				34.6	52.4	23.1	21.9				30.4					$16,872	$1,555	$14,951
Germanshire Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3965 South Germantown RD	Germantown	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-3733	751	43	17.4		18 (2.4%)	603 (80.3%)	109 (14.5%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.0%)	29.7	743^rd of 1009 public elementary schools	26.4%		48	502^nd of 1018 public elementary schools	50.7%	241	26.6	42.4	32.6				33.3	22.9	43.5	31.0				31.8	22.9	47.8	26.6				31.3					$14,657	$1,597	$12,191
Power Center Academy Elementary - Southeast	Public, Charter	K-5	8146 E Shelby DR	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 602-5530	433	18	24.0		7 (1.6%)	367 (84.8%)	57 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	53.2	446^th of 1009 public elementary schools	55.8%		32.6	707^th of 1018 public elementary schools	30.6%	261	37.9	48.5	36.8				41.1	46.6	51.5	29.4				42.2	48.3	62.1	41.2				50.5					$15,266	$1,404	$13,496
Oak Forest Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	7440 Nonconnah View Cv	Memphis	38119	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-2257	418	28	14.9		11 (2.6%)	337 (80.6%)	48 (11.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	51.4	470^th of 1009 public elementary schools	53.4%		66.5	267^th of 1018 public elementary schools	73.8%	203	17.9	62.5	48.0				40.0	19.4	65.3	52.0				42.8	29.9	70.8	48.0				47.3					$15,283	$1,702	$12,526
Journey East Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	6870 Winchester RD	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 567-7086	329	19	17.7		6 (1.8%)	267 (81.2%)	54 (16.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	42.4	580^th of 1009 public elementary schools	42.5%		39.7	620^th of 1018 public elementary schools	39.1%	40	16.4	36.4	47.8	54.5			38.1	26.2	61.4	34.8	45.5			39.9	42.6	40.9	24.6	34.1			34.9	38.6			38.6	$7,703	$1,358	$5,979
Highland Oaks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5252 Annandale Rd	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-0330	774	48	16.1		15 (1.9%)	667 (86.2%)	75 (9.7%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.7%)	26.7	774^th of 1009 public elementary schools	23.3%		23.5	803^rd of 1018 public elementary schools	21.1%	29	33.3	33.1	21.0				29.3	28.9	31.6	34.1				31.5	35.6	32.5	24.8				31.1					$13,663	$1,660	$11,122
Ross Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4890 Ross Rd	Memphis	38141	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-1990	593	35	16.9		4 (0.7%)	502 (84.7%)	77 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	25.2	788^th of 1009 public elementary schools	21.9%		16.6	873^rd of 1018 public elementary schools	14.2%	85	30.6	43.0	22.2				31.8	27.0	30.0	27.2				28.0	25.5	40.0	25.0				29.8					$15,169	$1,406	$12,746
Germantown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2730 Cross Country Dr	Germantown	38138	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-0945	558	40	13.9		32 (5.7%)	417 (74.7%)	45 (8.1%)	15 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (8.4%)	45	540^th of 1009 public elementary schools	46.5%		42.6	579^th of 1018 public elementary schools	43.1%	39	46.2	34.4	33.8				38.4	39.8	46.2	44.2				43.3	41.9	39.8	36.4				39.5					$15,460	$1,547	$13,122

Frequently Asked Questions about Lowrance Elementary/Middle

What is the racial makeup of Lowrance Elementary/Middle?

Students at Lowrance Elementary/Middle are 81% African American, 15% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

How many students attend Lowrance Elementary/Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 787 students attended Lowrance Elementary/Middle.

What district is Lowrance Elementary/Middle in?

Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Is Lowrance Elementary/Middle a good school?

Lowrance Elementary/Middle ranks in the bottom 9.5% of Tennessee elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Lowrance Elementary/Middle attend?

Students who attend Lowrance Elementary/Middle usually go on to attend:

High : Southwind High

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