Public schools in Germantown, TN

Germantown has 11 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 9,626 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Germantown Municipal District runs 7 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Germantown's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in GermantownDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Germantown Municipal District76,026$11,689
Memphis-Shelby County Schools4109,797$13,695

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Germantown, 3,525 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Houston High School1,80618.6not reportedGermantown Municipal District
Germantown High1,71916.6All free (CEP)Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Germantown, 1,578 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Houston Middle School97216.7not reportedGermantown Municipal District
Germantown Middle60615.9All free (CEP)Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 elementary schools in Germantown, 4,439 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Riverdale Elementary School1,18414.0not reportedGermantown Municipal District
Germanshire Elementary72518.6All free (CEP)Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Forest Hill Elementary School69815.3not reportedGermantown Municipal District
Dogwood Elementary School66314.0not reportedGermantown Municipal District
Farmington Elementary School64613.8not reportedGermantown Municipal District
Germantown Elementary52313.8All free (CEP)Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Germantown, 84 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Germantown Online Academy of Learning845.2not reportedGermantown Municipal District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Germantown's public schools compare with Tennessee's

73% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 67% across the state. Its median school enrolls 698 students (state 469).

Germantown against Tennessee, schools open in 2024-25 with students
GermantownTennessee
Median students per teachernot reportednot reported
Median school size (students)698469
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)73%67%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)36%66%
Charter schools0%5.5%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 11 Germantown schools and the 1,804 Tennessee schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Germantown

  1. Germantown Municipal DistrictRuns 7 of Germantown's 11 public schools and spent $11,689 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,689
  2. Houston High School, the largest high school in Germantown1,806 students in 2024-25, 18.6 per teacher.1,806
  3. Compare Germantown Municipal District with Memphis-Shelby County SchoolsGermantown's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TennesseeTennessee's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Germantown addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Tennessee

  1. Memphis191 schools
  2. Nashville118 schools
  3. Knoxville80 schools
  4. Chattanooga48 schools
  5. Clarksville37 schools
  6. Murfreesboro32 schools
  7. Cleveland25 schools
  8. Franklin25 schools

Questions about schools in Germantown

  1. How many public schools are in Germantown, TN?
    11 public schools with an address in Germantown were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 9,626 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Germantown?
    Houston High School, with 1,806 students in 2024-25 (Germantown Municipal District).
  3. Which districts run Germantown's schools?
    Germantown Municipal District (7 schools), Memphis-Shelby County Schools (4 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .