Memphis-Shelby County Schools | |
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Address | |
160 S. Hollywood Street
, Shelby County, Tennessee, 38112United States | |
District information | |
Grades | Pre-K–12th |
Superintendent | Marie N. Feagins |
School board | Shelby County Board of Education |
Chair of the board | Althea E. Greene |
Schools | 222 (2022-23)[1] |
NCES District ID | 4700148[2] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 109,797 (2022-23)[1] |
Teachers | 6,885 (2022-23)[1] |
Staff | 5,067 (2022-23)[1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 15.95:1 (2022-23)[2] |
Other information | |
Website | scsk12 |
Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), previously known as Shelby County Schools (SCS), is a public school district that serves the city of Memphis, Tennessee, United States, as well as most of the unincorporated areas of Shelby County.[3] MSCS is the 23rd largest school district in the United States and the largest in Tennessee.[1]
Due to the city of Memphis dissolving its school charter in 2011, causing the end of Memphis City Schools, as of July 1, 2013, all Shelby County residents were served by SCS, including those in Memphis.[4] Following passage of a state law lifting the ban on establishment of new school districts, the six incorporated suburbs in the county each voted in July 2013 to establish six independent municipal school districts. As a result, as of the start of the 2014 school year, the six incorporated cities in Shelby County (other than Memphis) are each served by separate school districts.[5]
As of August 2014[update] there are six municipal school districts known as Collierville Schools, Germantown Municipal School District, Bartlett City Schools, Arlington Community Schools, Lakeland School System, and Millington Municipal Schools