Infrastructure

An Aging Portfolio of Schools

The average age of a school building in Memphis is 64, nearly twice as old as schools in the municipalities. On average, Memphis schools are 24 years past their lifespan. A report by the National Center for Education Statistics stated, “After 40 years, a school building begins rapid deterioration, and after 60 years most schools are abandoned.”
School NameYear Built
A. B. Hill Elementary2002
A. Maceo Walker Middle2002
Airways Middle1968
Alcy Elementary2020
American Way Middle2003
Avon-Lenox School1956
B. T. Washington High1949
Balmoral Elementary1970
Barret's K-81960
Belle Forest Community School2013
Bellevue Middle1928
Berclair Elementary1952
Bethel Grove Elementary1932
Bolton High School1960
Brownsville Road Elementary1964
Bruce Elementary1999
Central High1911
Cherokee Elementary1951
Chickasaw Middle1971
Chimneyrock Elementary1990
Colonial Middle2009
Cordova Elementary2002
Cordova High1997
Cordova Middle1993
Covington Pike Head Start1989
Craigmont High1973
Craigmont Middle2001
Cromwell Elementary1963
Crump Elementary1978
Cummings K-81961
Delano Elementary1957
Delano Head Start1993
Dexter Elementary2002
Dexter Middle2002
Double Tree Elementary1977
Douglass High2008
Douglass K-81965
Douglass Head Start2000
Downtown Elementary2003
Dunbar Elementary1956
E. E. Jeter Elementary K-81949
East High/Maxine1948
Egypt Elementary1964
Evans Elementary1966
Ford Road Elementary1952
Fox Meadows Elementary1965
Frayser Elementary1954
Gardenview Elementary1967
Geeter K-81961
Georgian Hills Elementary1951
Georgian Hills Middle1959
Germanshire Elementary2001
Germantown Elementary1975
Germantown High School1964
Germantown Middle1979
Getwell Elementary2001
Gordon Achievement1939
Grahamwood Elementary1950
Grandview Heights Middle1953
GW Carver High School1958
Hamilton High1972
Hamilton K-81942
Hanley Elementary1960
Hanley Head Start1994
Havenview Middle1959
Hawkins Mill Elementary1965
Hickory Ridge Elementary 2001
Hickory Ridge Middle2001
Highland Oaks Elementary1993
Highland Oaks Middle2009
Holmes Road Elementary 2001
Ida B. Wells Academy 1963
Idlewild Elementary1903
J. P. Freeman K-81973
Jackson Elementary1957
Kate Bond Elementary 1993
Kate Bond Middle2011
Keystone Elementary 1991
Kingsbury CTC1976
Kingsbury Elementary1959
Kingsbury High1950
Kingsbury Middle1956
Kirby High1980
LaRose Elementary1963
Levi Elementary1928
Lowrance Elementary1995
Lucie E. Campbell Elementary2003
Lucy Elementary (2001 Add.)1921
Macon-Hall Elementary1997
Manassas High2008
Melrose High1971
Middle College High School1930
Mitchell High1962
Mt. Pisgah Middle2007
Newberry Elementary1970
Norris Elementary1961
Northaven Elementary1978
Northeast Prep Academy1956
Oak Forest Elementary1993
Oakhaven Elementary1956
Oakhaven High1956
Oakhaven Middle1963
Oakshire Elementary1966
Overton High1959
Parkway Village Elementary2019
Peabody Elementary1909
Raleigh-Bartlett Meadows Elementary1971
Raleigh-Egypt High1969
Raleigh-Egypt Middle1979
Richland Elementary1957
Ridgeway Head Start1989
Ridgeway High1970
Ridgeway Middle2001
Riverview K-81967
Riverwood Elementary2010
Robert R. Church Elementary 2001
Ross Elementary1976
Rozelle Elementary 1914
Scenic Hills Elementary1957
Sea Isle Elementary1955
Sharpe Elementary1955
Sheffield CTC1976
Sheffield Elementary1970
Sheffield High1967
Shelby Oaks Elementary1996
Sherwood Elementary1950
Sherwood Middle1957
Shrine School1976
Snowden K-81909
South Park Elementary2000
Southwest CTC1978
Southwind Elementary1990
Southwind High School2007
Springdale Elementary1940
Treadwell Elementary1938
Treadwell Middle1943
Trezevant CTC1976
Trezevant High1960
Vollentine Elementary1930
Wells Station Elementary1954
Westhaven Elementary2016
Westside Elementary1952
Westwood High1958
White Station Elementary1999
White Station High1953
White Station Middle2007
Whitehaven Elementary1949
Whitehaven High1931
Whitney Elementary1962
William H. Brewster Elementary 2006
Willow Oaks Elementary 1957
Winchester Elementary1960
Winridge Elementary 2001
Wooddale High1967
Woodstock Middle1956

 

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