Education in Memphis, Tennessee

Education in Memphis is home to a range of public and private institutions serving various educational needs of Memphis, Tennessee. At the primary and secondary levels, the metropolitan area is currently served by the Shelby County Schools operating system including the surrounding suburbs, a number of private schools, and some with religious affiliations. Major post-secondary institutions include the Southwest Tennessee Community College, the University of Memphis, Christian Brothers University, Rhodes College and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Private schools

Bishop Byrne High School
Briarcrest Christian School
Christian Brothers High School
Concord Academy
Evangelical Christian School
First Assembly Christian School
Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School
Hutchison School
Harding Academy
Immaculate Conception Cathedral High School
Lausanne Collegiate School
Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South MHA/FYOS
Memphis Catholic High School
Memphis Jewish High School
Memphis University School
Presbyterian Day School (PDS)
Saint Benedict at Auburndale High School
St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School
St. Mary's Episcopal School
Westminster Academy (Tennessee)
Woodland Presbyterian School (Memphis, Tennessee)
Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School

Colleges and universities

Baptist College of Health Sciences
Christian Brothers University
LeMoyne-Owen College
Memphis College of Art
Rhodes College (formerly Southwestern at Memphis)
Southern College of Optometry
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Union University - Germantown campus, (Memphis Teacher Residency)
University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Graduate Health Sciences and Allied Health Sciences).
Victory University (closed, 2014^[1])

Seminaries

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis is also home to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a world class medical research facility.

1996 Nobel Laureate Peter C. Doherty conducts research at this facility. There are also several other major medical teaching institutions in the city, including the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences), the Southern College of Optometry and the Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences.

History

The Memphis Training School for Nurses, progenitor of the School of Nursing, was chartered September 28, 1887.^[2]

The University of Tennessee College of Dentistry was founded in 1878 making it the oldest dental college in the South, and the third oldest public college of dentistry in the United States.^[3]

In 1963, Christian Brothers High School enrolled Jesse Turner Jr. and became the first secondary school (public or private) in the Memphis area to be racially integrated.^[4]

The Christian Brothers High School Band is the oldest high school band in America, founded in 1872.^[5]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Education in Memphis, Tennessee.

^ Dowd, James. Victory University to close due to financial difficulties. Memphis Commercial Appeal, March 6, 2014.
^ "University of Tennessee-Memphis Website - School of Nursing History". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ University of Tennessee-Memphis Dentistry Website Archived 2000-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
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^ Bolton, Patrick (2011). The Christian Brothers Band, "The Oldest High School Band in America" 1872-1947. Christian Brothers Archives: Master's Thesis.

City of Memphis and Memphis metropolitan area (counties in TN, MS and AR)

Topics

Districts

Neighborhoods

Metro area
landmarks

Tennessee	A. Schwab's Art Museum of the University of Memphis Bartlett Museum Beale Street Bellevue Baptist Church Belz Museum Botanic Garden Brooks Museum Burkle Estate Central Station Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Chickasaw Bluff Children's Museum Chucalissa Museum Cotton Museum Davies Manor Dixon Gallery and Gardens Downtown Trolleys Elmwood Cemetery Fire Museum Fort Assumption Fort Wright Graceland Hernando de Soto Bridge Libertyland Lichterman Nature Center Lincoln American Tower Magevney House Mallory–Neely House Mason Temple Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park Memorial Park Cemetery Cotton Exchange Memphis International Airport National Cemetery Parkway System Railroad & Trolley Museum Memphis Zoo Mississippi River Mississippi River Park Mud Island Monorail National Civil Rights Museum National Ornamental Metal Museum Oaklawn Garden Orpheum Theatre Overton Park Peabody Hotel Pink Palace The Pyramid Rhodes College Rock N' Soul Museum St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Shelby Farms Stax Museum Sun Studio South Main Arts District Temple Israel Tennessee Brewery Tipton County Museum T. O. Fuller State Park Tom Lee Park Union Station University of Memphis Victorian Village Wolf River
Mississippi	Arkabutla Lake BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove DeSoto County Museum 1st Jackpot Casino Gold Strike Tunica Holly Springs National Forest Landers Center Horseshoe Casino Mississippi River Resorts Casino Sam's Town Gambling Hall Southaven Towne Center Tunica Resorts Snowden Grove Park Tanger Outlets Southaven Tunica Roadhouse Casino Wall Doxey State Park
Arkansas	Horseshoe Lake Mississippi River Southland Park Gaming and Racing Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge

Metro area
suburbs

Tennessee	Arlington Atoka Bartlett Collierville Covington Germantown Lakeland Millington Munford Northaven Oakland Piperton Somerville Shelby Forest
Mississippi	Byhalia Hernando Holly Springs Horn Lake Olive Branch Senatobia Southaven Tunica Tunica Resorts (Robinsonville) Walls
Arkansas	Earle Marion West Memphis