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Geeter School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
997th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,019 Tennessee Elementary Schools
Better than 2% of Tennessee elementary schools
Summary

Geeter School is a pre-kindergarten through 8th grade school on Horn Lake Road in Memphis, Tennessee, serving 709 students as part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools in a neighborhood where several nearby schools also struggle academically. The school has consistently ranked at the very bottom of Tennessee's elementary and middle school rankings, placing in the bottom 1–2 percent of schools statewide for the past six years and earning zero stars in every reported year.

Geeter's test scores are dramatically below both district and state averages. In 2025–2026, only 5.9 percent of students were proficient in math, 8.0 percent in English language arts, and 10.4 percent in science. Among nearby schools, Geeter is the lowest performer in all three subjects. For example, J. P. Freeman Elementary/Middle School, located less than two miles away and serving a similar grade range, posts proficiency rates roughly ten times higher — 54.9 percent in math and 56.6 percent in ELA, with chronic absenteeism of just 8.4 percent compared to Geeter's 33.7 percent.

Chronic absenteeism at Geeter is nearly double the state average, though several neighboring schools have even higher rates. Per-student spending is comparable to better-performing schools at roughly $14,100 per year, so the poor outcomes are not simply a funding issue. One bright spot: third-grade science proficiency approached the district average, but that success did not carry into fourth grade. Overall, Geeter remains anchored at the bottom with no meaningful improvement trend over the past six years.

709
Students ?
17.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,110
Per pupil spending ?
 4649 Horn Lake Road
       Memphis, TN  38109

(901) 416-8157

District: Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:
93.1%
Two or more races:
3.7%
Hispanic:
2.0%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2019 → 2nd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Tennessee average (8% vs 45% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 18% Tennessee)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school8%
District avg26%
Tennessee avg45%
Elementary school
997th of 1,019
Tennessee public elementary schools ?
Bottom 2%▲ up 1 pts since 2019
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
585th of 594
Tennessee public middle schools ?
Bottom 2%▬ steady since 2019
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
108th of 120Elementary Schools in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools
137th 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20265.5997 of 10192.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.11002 of 10090.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.51004 of 10181.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.51011 of 10200.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.1996 of 10000.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.8978 of 9850.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202613.1468 of 4986.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.3489 of 4981.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.9480 of 4983.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.0491 of 5001.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.1475 of 4831.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.5397 of 4041.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20255.5973 of 9861.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.9961 of 9902.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.0979 of 9891.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.1966 of 9750.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202611.0804 of 8232.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.2838 of 8430.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.2840 of 8531.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.0853 of 8651.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.7856 of 8580.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.0814 of 8210.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20254.5975 of 9840.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.8985 of 9910.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.9905 of 9161.2%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20263.9585 of 5941.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.7580 of 5830.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.3574 of 5872.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.1572 of 5943.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.5569 of 5690.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.2568 of 5741.0%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20269.7321 of 3282.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.2311 of 3120.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.6301 of 3185.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.1290 of 3168.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.7299 of 2990.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.3286 of 2932.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20253.5546 of 5460.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.1537 of 5543.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.8525 of 5606.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.3540 of 5522.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20267.4474 of 4780.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.3489 of 4900.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.2490 of 5103.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.7473 of 4903.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
20254.1545 of 5500.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.2556 of 5600.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.1516 of 5231.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTennessee percentileRating
202624.8296 of 34915.2%★☆☆☆☆
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 (2026)6th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)1st percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
Middle school
Special Education (2026)15th percentile+14 vs school
African American (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2025)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?
Science10%-37 vs state
English Language Arts8%-33 vs state
Mathematics6%-37 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 709 students attended Geeter School.

Geeter School ranks in the bottom 2.2% of Tennessee elementary schools.

Students at Geeter School are 93% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

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2025–26 TNReady test scoresAug 25, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesApr 2, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataFeb 27, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataDec 18, 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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