The school year kicked off this week for Shelby County Schools and most schools operated under Tennessee’s Achievement School District in Memphis. Here are some fast facts for easy reference:
Shelby County Schools
- Projected students: about 107,000 in K-12, down from about 109,000 last school year
- Total employees: about 12,000, down from about 14,000 last school year
- Total teachers: about 5,800, down from about 6,200 last school year
Innovation Zone schools under Shelby County Schools
- 22 schools
- New in fall 2016: Westhaven Elementary, Westwood High, Mitchell High, Douglass High
- Launch year for the iZone: 2012
Achievement School District
- Students: about 12,000, about 11,400 of which are in Memphis
- Employees on the LEA Support Team: 21
- Total schools statewide: 33, including 26 conversions and seven new starts
- Schools in Memphis: 31; Schools in Nashville: 2
- Charter operators: 13; ASD-run schools in Memphis: 5
- Launch year for the ASD: 2012
- New in fall 2016: Caldwell-Guthrie Elementary School, Raleigh-Egypt Middle School (both operated by Scholar Academies), Hillcrest High School, Kirby Middle School (both operated by Green Dot Public Schools)
Correction: Aug. 18, 2016: This version corrects that the number of new starts for the ASD is seven, not five, for the 2016-17 school year.