ZIP 38117 — 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 38117

K-12 nearby

100

Public

Private

Avg enrollment

—

ZIP 38117 (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 (76 public, 24 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.6 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 Concorde Career College-Memphis about 0.8 miles away (2yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Shelby County School District

LEA ID

4700148

Private school share (ACS)

0.3%

Colleges & universities (40)

Concorde Career College-Memphis0.8 miles (1.3 km)2yr-private
University of Memphis1.9 miles (3.0 km)4yr-public
Strayer University-Tennessee2.7 miles (4.3 km)4yr-private
Mid-South Christian College3.5 miles (5.7 km)4yr-private
Southwest Tennessee Community College3.9 miles (6.2 km)2yr-public
Christian Brothers University4.5 miles (7.2 km)4yr-private
Memphis Theological Seminary4.5 miles (7.3 km)4yr-private
Rhodes College5.5 miles (8.9 km)4yr-private
Remington College-Memphis Campus5.7 miles (9.1 km)2yr-private
Southern College of Optometry6.7 miles (10.7 km)4yr-private
William R Moore College of Technology6.8 miles (10.9 km)2yr-private
Baptist Health Sciences University7.1 miles (11.4 km)4yr-private

Show all 40 colleges & universities

Le Moyne-Owen College7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center7.4 miles (11.9 km)4yr-public
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis7.9 miles (12.8 km)2yr-public
Visible Music College8.4 miles (13.5 km)4yr-private
Concorde Career College-Southaven10.7 miles (17.2 km)2yr-private
Arkansas State University Mid-South18.1 miles (29.1 km)2yr-public
Northwest Mississippi Community College34.0 miles (54.8 km)2yr-public
Rust College34.9 miles (56.2 km)4yr-private
East Arkansas Community College49.0 miles (78.9 km)2yr-public
Arkansas Northeastern College54.1 miles (87.1 km)2yr-public
University of Mississippi55.9 miles (89.9 km)4yr-public
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas56.3 miles (90.7 km)2yr-public
Blue Mountain Christian University58.3 miles (93.9 km)4yr-private
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson65.1 miles (104.8 km)2yr-public
Arkansas State University66.5 miles (107.1 km)4yr-public
Coahoma Community College70.4 miles (113.3 km)2yr-public
Union University70.6 miles (113.6 km)4yr-private
Dyersburg State Community College70.6 miles (113.6 km)2yr-public
Lane College71.3 miles (114.8 km)4yr-private
Jackson State Community College73.2 miles (117.8 km)2yr-public
Freed-Hardeman University74.9 miles (120.6 km)4yr-private
Crowley's Ridge College75.9 miles (122.1 km)4yr-private
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest78.4 miles (126.2 km)2yr-public
Arkansas State University-Newport81.0 miles (130.3 km)2yr-public
Northeast Mississippi Community College82.1 miles (132.2 km)2yr-public
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump89.9 miles (144.7 km)2yr-public
Williams Baptist University90.8 miles (146.2 km)4yr-private
Black River Technical College97.4 miles (156.7 km)2yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

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

		Grades
White Station High	public	—	—	0.2 miles (0.4 km)
CHRIST METHODIST DAY SCHOOL	private	—	—	0.5 miles (0.9 km)
ST MARY'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.0 miles (1.7 km)
HARDING ACADEMY OF MEMPHIS	private	—	—	1.1 miles (1.7 km)
MARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.1 miles (1.8 km)
CONCORD ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.2 miles (1.9 km)
ST AGNES ACADEMY-ST. DOMINIC SCHOOL, INC.	private	—	—	1.2 miles (1.9 km)
WOODLAND PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.2 miles (2.0 km)
CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	1.3 miles (2.0 km)
MEMPHIS JUNIOR ACADEMY	private	—	—	1.3 miles (2.1 km)
Colonial Middle	public	—	—	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Campus School	public	—	—	1.6 miles (2.7 km)
Avon School	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
Sea Isle Elementary	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
White Station Elementary	public	—	—	1.7 miles (2.7 km)
University High School	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
University Middle School	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Richland Elementary	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Willow Oaks Elementary	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.4 km)
Sherwood Elementary	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.5 km)
White Station Middle	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.5 km)
Overton High	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.5 km)
Leadership Preparatory Charter School	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
Aurora Collegiate Academy	public	—	—	2.3 miles (3.7 km)
The Excel Center	public	—	—	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Sherwood Middle	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.1 km)
South Park Elementary	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
Berclair Elementary	public	—	—	2.6 miles (4.2 km)
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL	private	—	—	2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Compass Community School Berclair Campus	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Grahamwood Elementary	public	—	—	2.7 miles (4.4 km)
Memphis Merit Academy	public	—	—	2.9 miles (4.7 km)
WORD OF FAITH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
LAUSANNE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
East High	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Ridgeway High	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.0 km)
Sharpe Elementary	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Memphis Business Academy Elementary School	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Arrow Academy of Excellence	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Evans Elementary	public	—	—	3.2 miles (5.2 km)
HUTCHISON SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.3 miles (5.2 km)
American Way Middle	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.2 km)
Balmoral/Ridgeway Elementary	public	—	—	3.3 miles (5.3 km)
Getwell Elementary	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Cornerstone Prep School	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.4 km)
Cherokee Elementary	public	—	—	3.4 miles (5.5 km)
THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MEMPHIS	private	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Parkway Village Elementary	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Melrose High	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.7 km)
Fox Meadows Elementary	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.7 km)
WESTMINISTER ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.6 miles (5.7 km)
Treadwell Elementary	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
BORNBLUM JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL	private	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Hooks Dimmick Child Care Center	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.9 km)
Treadwell Middle School	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
BOWIE READING AND LEARNING CENTER	private	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
Kingsbury High	public	—	—	3.7 miles (5.9 km)
Kingsbury Middle	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.0 km)
Cornerstone Prep - Lester	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.0 km)
Lester Prep	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.0 km)
Sheffield High	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Kingsbury Career Technology Center	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Memphis Virtual Adult High School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Memphis Virtual School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
Kingsbury Elementary	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.2 km)
Ridgeway Middle	public	—	—	3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Compass Community School Orange Mound Campus	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Campus Kids Corner	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Dunbar Elementary	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Shrine School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.4 km)
Hanley K-8	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Sheffield Career Technology Center	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
EMMANUEL UNITED METHODIST KINDERGARTEN	private	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Sheffield Elementary	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
TENNESSEE PREPARATORY ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Wooddale High	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Exceptional Children Special Placements	public	—	—	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Wells Station Elementary	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
BRINKLEY HEIGHTS URBAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Wooddale Middle School	public	—	—	4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Nat Burning Orange Mound Day Nursery Learning Inc.	public	—	—	4.3 miles (7.0 km)
William Herbert Brewster Elementary School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
SENSATIONAL ENLIGHTMENT	private	—	—	4.4 miles (7.0 km)
Middle College High	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Maxine Smith STEAM Academy	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Bethel Grove Elementary	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Compass Community School Binghampton Campus	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Power Center Academy High School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
MADONNA LEARNING CENTER	private	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Belle Forest Community School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Newberry Elementary	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Power Center Academy Elementary School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
PLEASANT VIEW SCHOOL	private	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
Memphis School of Excellence	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus	public	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Invictus Academy at Airways	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Power Center Academy Middle	public	—	—	4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Cromwell Elementary	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
Douglass High	public	—	—	4.9 miles (7.9 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 38117

What school district is ZIP code 38117 in?

ZIP 38117 (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 38117?

US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 76 public and 24 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 38117 attend private school?

About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 38117 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	60.0%
High school	16.0%
Less than HS	4.6%
School district	Shelby County School District

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