ZIP 38127 — Schools & Education

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.

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School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities

Schools & Education in ZIP 38127

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 38127 (Memphis, TN) is associated with Shelby County School District (LEA 4700148) on US5’s NCES EDGE district mapping. District assignment is ZIP/ZCTA-based and can span multiple attendance boundaries — confirm school assignment with the district for enrollment.

Within about 10 miles, US5 lists 100 K-12 schools (90 public, 10 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 6.3 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in this ZIP attending private school — a ZIP-level share, not a per-campus rate.

The nearest college/university on US5 is Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis about 6.4 miles away (2yr-public).

District & higher education

School district

Shelby County School District

LEA ID

4700148

Private school share (ACS)

0.3%

Colleges & universities (44)

Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis6.4 miles (10.3 km)2yr-public
Rhodes College6.4 miles (10.3 km)4yr-private
William R Moore College of Technology6.8 miles (10.9 km)2yr-private
Visible Music College6.9 miles (11.1 km)4yr-private
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center7.2 miles (11.6 km)4yr-public
Baptist Health Sciences University7.2 miles (11.6 km)4yr-private
Southern College of Optometry7.2 miles (11.6 km)4yr-private
Memphis Theological Seminary8.0 miles (12.8 km)4yr-private
Christian Brothers University8.3 miles (13.4 km)4yr-private
Le Moyne-Owen College8.6 miles (13.8 km)4yr-private
University of Memphis9.9 miles (16.0 km)4yr-public
Southwest Tennessee Community College10.7 miles (17.2 km)2yr-public

Show all 44 colleges & universities

Concorde Career College-Memphis11.8 miles (19.0 km)2yr-private
Remington College-Memphis Campus12.0 miles (19.3 km)2yr-private
Arkansas State University Mid-South12.9 miles (20.8 km)2yr-public
Strayer University-Tennessee13.5 miles (21.7 km)4yr-private
Mid-South Christian College13.9 miles (22.4 km)4yr-private
Concorde Career College-Southaven18.5 miles (29.8 km)2yr-private
Northwest Mississippi Community College42.8 miles (68.8 km)2yr-public
East Arkansas Community College44.1 miles (71.0 km)2yr-public
Arkansas Northeastern College45.7 miles (73.5 km)2yr-public
Rust College46.0 miles (74.0 km)4yr-private
Arkansas State University55.4 miles (89.1 km)4yr-public
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas58.6 miles (94.3 km)2yr-public
Crowley's Ridge College64.9 miles (104.4 km)4yr-private
Dyersburg State Community College66.1 miles (106.4 km)2yr-public
University of Mississippi66.7 miles (107.3 km)4yr-public
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson67.2 miles (108.2 km)2yr-public
Blue Mountain Christian University68.9 miles (110.9 km)4yr-private
Arkansas State University-Newport71.0 miles (114.3 km)2yr-public
Union University72.3 miles (116.3 km)4yr-private
Lane College73.7 miles (118.5 km)4yr-private
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest74.4 miles (119.8 km)2yr-public
Coahoma Community College74.9 miles (120.5 km)2yr-public
Jackson State Community College75.5 miles (121.5 km)2yr-public
Freed-Hardeman University79.5 miles (127.9 km)4yr-private
Williams Baptist University79.7 miles (128.2 km)4yr-private
Black River Technical College86.2 miles (138.7 km)2yr-public
Northeast Mississippi Community College91.9 miles (147.9 km)2yr-public
Harding University95.9 miles (154.3 km)4yr-private
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump96.4 miles (155.1 km)2yr-public
University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville97.1 miles (156.3 km)2yr-public
Lyon College97.2 miles (156.4 km)4yr-private
The University of Tennessee-Martin100.0 miles (160.9 km)4yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.

		Grades
Compass Community School Frayser Campus	public	—	—	1.2 miles (1.9 km)
Georgian Hills Elementary	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.8 km)
Westside Middle School	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Westside Middle	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Northaven Elementary	public	—	—	1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Georgian Hills Middle	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.0 km)
Westside Elementary	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.0 km)
Martin Luther King Preparatory High School	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.5 km)
Frayser-Corning Elementary	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.6 km)
Cornerstone Prep Denver Campus	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.8 km)
Hawkins Mill Elementary	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.9 km)
Whitney Elementary	public	—	—	2.5 miles (3.9 km)
Memphis STEM Academy	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Memphis Business Academy Middle	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Memphis Business Academy High School	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.4 km)
Libertas	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
Delano Elementary	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
Trezevant High	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Grandview Heights Middle School	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Primary Prepatory	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Trezevant Career and Technology Center	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Lucie E. Campbell Elementary	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Keystone Elementary	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.7 km)
Woodstock Middle School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Kids School Early Childhood Development Center	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Star Academy	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Manassas High	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Scenic Hills Elementary	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.3 km)
Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Caldwell-Guthrie	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Promise Academy Spring Hill	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
BREATH OF LIFE ACADEMY	private	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
KIPP Memphis Collegiate Elementary	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
Perea Elementary School	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Raleigh-Egypt High	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Raleigh Egypt Middle School	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Egypt Elementary	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Vollentine Elementary	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
KIPP Memphis Collegiate High School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
Promise Academy	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Humes Preparatory Academy Middle School	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
MARIA MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
Douglass Elementary/Middle	public	—	—	6.1 miles (9.9 km)
E.E. Jeter Elementary/Middle	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
Journey Coleman School	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
Journey Coleman K-8	public	—	—	6.2 miles (9.9 km)
Early Childhood Programs	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
Douglass High	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
Crosstown High School	public	—	—	6.3 miles (10.1 km)
Snowden Elementary/Middle	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Springdale Elementary	public	—	—	6.4 miles (10.4 km)
FAITH HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
Lucy Elementary	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
Jackson Elementary	public	—	—	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
MIDTOWN MONTESSORI SCHOOL LLC	private	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Memphis Academy Of Science Engineering Middle/High	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
BRINKLEY HEIGHTS URBAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Downtown Elementary	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.1 km)
Memphis Learning Academy	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.2 km)
Jessie Mahan Day Care Center	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Compass Community School Midtown Campus	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
Early Childhood Education	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation Charter School	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.7 km)
Medical District High School	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
William Herbert Brewster Elementary School	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
Compass Community School Binghampton Campus	public	—	—	7.4 miles (12.0 km)
TENNESSEE PREPARATORY ACADEMY	private	—	—	7.4 miles (12.0 km)
Treadwell Middle School	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
MEMPHIS RECOVERY CENTER	private	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Central High	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.1 km)
Craigmont Middle	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Treadwell Elementary	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Craigmont High	public	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Kingsbury Elementary	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
GRACE-ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL	private	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
Bruce Elementary	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.4 km)
Bellevue Middle	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.5 km)
Idlewild Elementary	public	—	—	7.7 miles (12.5 km)
Kingsbury Middle	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MEMPHIS	private	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
Kingsbury Career Technology Center	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
Wells Station Elementary	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.5 km)
Kingsbury High	public	—	—	7.8 miles (12.6 km)
Cornerstone Prep - Lester	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
Lester Prep	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
B. T. Washington High	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.8 km)
Brownsville Road Elementary	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.8 km)
Exceptional Children Special Placements	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Larose Elementary	public	—	—	8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Raleigh-Bartlett Meadows Elementary	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
Beacon College Preparatory	public	—	—	8.4 miles (13.5 km)
Grahamwood Elementary	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.6 km)
Compass Community School Berclair Campus	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Maxine Smith STEAM Academy	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Middle College High	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.7 km)
Ida B. Wells Academy ES/MS	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
Cummings Elementary/Middle	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 38127

What school district is ZIP code 38127 in?

ZIP 38127 (Memphis, TN) maps to Shelby County School District (LEA ID 4700148) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 38127?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 90 public and 10 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 38127 attend private school?

About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 38127 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	11.4%
High school	41.1%
Less than HS	16.6%
School district	Shelby County School District

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