Middle · Tennessee
Maxine Smith STEAM Academy
Free meals for allMaxine Smith STEAM Academy, a public middle school in Memphis, Tennessee: grades 6–8, 439 students, — students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 439
- Teachers (FTE)
- —
- Students per teacher
- —
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
The school reported no teacher count for this year.
Smaller than 58% of middle schools in Tennessee
Median 502 · 345 schools compared
Smaller than 60% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Tennessee's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Tennessee: 39%79%proficient
+6.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Tennessee
Median 31% · 342 middle schools compared
435 students tested, grades 3–8 · TNReady; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Tennessee: 42%78%proficient
+9.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 98% of middle schools in Tennessee
Median 35% · 343 middle schools compared
362 students tested, grades 3–8 · TNReady; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Location
- Address
- 750 E Parkway S, Memphis, TN 38104
- Phone
- (901)416-4536
- City or town
- Memphis
- County
- Shelby County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lester PrepCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 204 | — | 7.0% | 11% |
Bellevue MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 625 | — | 24% | 14% |
University Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 264 | — | 70% | 63% |
Sherwood MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 743 | — | — | 7.7% |
Veritas College PreparatoryCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 137 | — | 9.0% | 7.5% |
Treadwell Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 764 | — | 11% | 11% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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