| Index | Shelby Forest-Frayser | Memphis | Tennessee |
| Average Test Scores | 18% | 21% | 35% |
| Student/Teacher ratio | n/a | n/a | 0:1 |
| Total public schools | n/a | 187 | 1,390 |
| Total private schools | n/a | 77 | 430 |
| Total post-secondary schools | n/a | 35 | 189 |
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| Index | Shelby Forest-Frayser | Memphis | Tennessee |
| Completed 8th grade | 72.1% | 81.4% | 82.0% |
| Completed high school | 69.9% | 80.0% | 79.9% |
| Completed some college | 35.0% | 54.7% | 53.2% |
| Completed associate degree | 14.4% | 31.0% | 32.2% |
| Completed bachelors | 9.6% | 25.1% | 25.4% |
| Completed masters | 2.5% | 9.8% | 9.3% |
| Completed professional degree | 0.2% | 3.4% | 2.8% |
| Completed doctorate | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| City | Population | Avg. Test Scores | National Avg. |
| Atoka, TN | 9,407 | 66% | 37.5% |
| Germantown, TN | 39,196 | 53% | 10.0% |
| Bartlett, TN | 59,252 | 48% | 0.2% |
| Marion, AR | 12,371 | 32% | 32.8% |
| Millington, TN | 10,650 | 28% | 41.7% |
| Memphis, TN | 650,910 | 21% | 56.4% |
| City | Population | Avg. Test Scores | National Avg. |
| Portland, OR | 650,380 | 49% | 1.5% |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 649,821 | 24% | 49.1% |
| Las Vegas, NV | 644,594 | 41% | 15.4% |
| Nashville, TN | 667,070 | 26% | 45.1% |
| Detroit, MI | 672,351 | 19% | 60.7% |
| Memphis, TN | 650,910 | 21% | 56.4% |
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