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Sheffield High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4315 Sheffield Ave
Memphis, TN 38118
Phone
(901) 416-2370
District
Memphis-Shelby County Schools
County
SHELBY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
536
Classroom Teachers
26

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Tennessee

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.9% of all TN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Sheffield High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
15%
38%
15%
38%
No Data
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 176 32.8%
Grade 10 143 26.7%
Grade 11 114 21.3%
Grade 12 103 19.2%
Total 536 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.2% 5.5% 61.4%
Black 51.7% 74.7% 21.6%
Hispanic 47.9% 18.8% 14.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.9% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 732,880 7,126,489
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,375.4 171
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.0% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.0% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.9% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.6% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 13.4% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 288,978 2,768,743
Single Parent Households With Children 13.8% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.0% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.3% 30.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.9% 15.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.6% 16.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.7% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.2% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 14.4% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,472 $710,653,000 51.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $670 $73,617,000 5.3%
Staff $714 $78,389,000 5.7%
General Administration $164 $18,029,000 1.3%
School Administration $890 $97,672,000 7.1%
Operation $961 $105,493,000 7.6%
Transportation $156 $17,104,000 1.2%
Other $429 $47,142,000 3.4%
Total Support $3,984 $437,446,000 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,137 $234,690,000 17.0%
Total Expenditures $12,594 $1,382,789,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,239 $6,281,389,000 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $566 $569,482,000 4.9%
Staff $647 $651,842,000 5.6%
General Administration $220 $221,150,000 1.9%
School Administration $648 $652,278,000 5.6%
Operation $805 $810,908,000 7.0%
Transportation $354 $355,941,000 3.1%
Other $305 $307,059,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,545 $3,568,660,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,723 $1,734,683,000 15.0%
Total Expenditures $11,507 $11,584,732,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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