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1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Bri Hatch, Chalkbeat Tennessee

   Memphis Schools Lost More Than 2,000 Students This Year - Memphis Flyer (opens the original)

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   Memphis-Shelby County Schools continues to lose students year over year, with more than 2,000 fewer enrolled in the district this year, compared to last August. At an August 25 board meeting, Executive Director of Accountability Bill White said just over 101,000 students were registered in MSCS by the end of the first month of classes. That’s a 2.2 percent decrease from last year’s count, at 103,280 students. The decrease is part of a decade-long enrollment drop in the district, by around 9 perc

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2. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Bri Hatch, Chalkbeat Tennessee

   Memphis’ First Day of School by the Numbers: Enrollment Improves, but Teacher Vacancies Stagnate - Memphis Flyer (opens the original)

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   Everything looked like business as usual for the first day of school at Hawkins Mill Elementary, a Memphis public school tucked in a woodsy Frayser neighborhood. Students lined the halls wearing customary white and red. The garden out back sprouted almost ripe tomatoes and eggplants. Posters featuring the school mascot — a hawk, of course — decorated the walls. But the environment was new to some students, who were rezoned to Hawkins after their neighborhood school closed in the spring. Five Mem

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