Memphis-Shelby County Schools

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local education agency public school district

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is the public school district for Memphis and much of Shelby County, Tennessee, operating a large network of K–12 schools serving a diverse urban and suburban student population.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Memphis-Shelby County Schools canonical	4
Shelby County Schools	3
Memphis City Schools	1
Memphis-Shelby County Board of Education	1
Memphis-Shelby County Schools district	1
Shelby County School District	1
Shelby County, Tennessee school systems	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4681526 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Context triple: [Whitehaven, servedBy, Memphis-Shelby County Schools]

A. Shelby County Schools
Shelby County Schools is a public school district in Alabama that historically served multiple communities in Shelby County before some, such as Alabaster, formed their own separate systems.
B. Knox County Schools
Knox County Schools is the public school district serving students in Knox County, Tennessee, including the city of Knoxville and surrounding communities.
C. Hardin County Schools
Hardin County Schools is a public school district serving students in and around Radcliff in Hardin County, Kentucky.
D. Shelby County High School
Shelby County High School is a public secondary school serving students in and around Columbiana, Alabama.
E. Hamilton County School District
Hamilton County School District is the public school system responsible for providing K–12 education to students in Hamilton County, Florida.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Target entity description: Memphis-Shelby County Schools is the public school district for Memphis and much of Shelby County, Tennessee, operating a large network of K–12 schools serving a diverse urban and suburban student population.

A. Shelby County Schools
Shelby County Schools is a public school district in Alabama that historically served multiple communities in Shelby County before some, such as Alabaster, formed their own separate systems.
B. Knox County Schools
Knox County Schools is the public school district serving students in Knox County, Tennessee, including the city of Knoxville and surrounding communities.
C. Hardin County Schools
Hardin County Schools is a public school district serving students in and around Radcliff in Hardin County, Kentucky.
D. Shelby County High School
Shelby County High School is a public secondary school serving students in and around Columbiana, Alabama.
E. Hamilton County School District
Hamilton County School District is the public school system responsible for providing K–12 education to students in Hamilton County, Florida.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	local education agency ⓘ public school district ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
educationSystem	K–12 ⓘ
employs	school administrators ⓘ support staff ⓘ teachers ⓘ
follows	Tennessee state curriculum standards ⓘ
fundingSource	State of Tennessee education funds ⓘ U.S. federal education funds ⓘ local property taxes ⓘ
governingBody	Memphis-Shelby County Board of Education ⓘ linked to: Memphis-Shelby County Schools
hasSchoolType	district-authorized charter schools ⓘ optional and magnet programs ⓘ traditional public schools ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ linked to: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
jurisdiction	Memphis city limits ⓘ designated areas of Shelby County outside municipal districts ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Memphis ⓘ Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Tennessee ⓘ
mission	providing public K–12 education to students in Memphis and much of Shelby County ⓘ
offersProgram	English language learner programs ⓘ advanced placement courses ⓘ athletics programs ⓘ career and technical education ⓘ fine arts education ⓘ special education services ⓘ
operates	alternative schools ⓘ charter schools authorized by the district ⓘ elementary schools ⓘ high schools ⓘ magnet schools ⓘ middle schools ⓘ optional schools ⓘ
regionServed	Greater Memphis area ⓘ linked to: Memphis metropolitan area
schoolLevel	primary education ⓘ secondary education ⓘ
sector	public education ⓘ
serves	city of Memphis ⓘ linked to: Memphis, Tennessee, United States much of unincorporated Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
studentBody	diverse suburban population ⓘ diverse urban population ⓘ
subjectTo	Tennessee Department of Education oversight ⓘ

How these facts were elicited