Charleston Elementary School

Charleston Elementary School is a primary school in Memphis, Tennessee. The grade is from Pre-k to Grade 5, this school does also include a daycare. It was found in March 25, 1901, named after Wayne Charleston. In 1997, Wayne Charleston Elementary School were the first schools in Tennessee to put general and special ed students in the same classrooms along with general education teachers and special education teachers to work. The school has 4,767 students and 376 teachers. The school has after-school program called 21st Century.

The school has the high-rates of bullying, aggression, swearing, and more behavioral problems in all grades except for daycare and pre-k.

In November 11, 2019, 25 students and 13 teachers were shot in a school shooting.

History
Right before the school was founded. On March 25, 1894, Wayne died from heart disease at the age of 64 and on March 25, 1901, the school was built to remembered Wayne Charleston.

The grade used to be Kindergarten to Grade 6, but on 2009, the grade turned into Pre-k to Grade 5.

In 1954, 378 students attended. In 1988, 467 students. In 1999, 899 students attended. In 2005, 2,545 students attended. In 2010, 3,675 students attended and in 2021, 4,767 students attended.