Best Memphis suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·14 suburbs considered, 10 listed

Germantown$471k median · 22.1 min commute

Schools ACost of living C−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 73 B

Collierville$486k median · 25.1 min commute

Schools ACost of living D+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 71 B−

Arlington$424k median · 27.3 min commute

Schools ACost of living D+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 66 C+

Bartlett$310k median · 24.4 min commute

Schools A−Cost of living CResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 66 C+

Lakeland$389k median · 25.7 min commute

Schools A−Cost of living C−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 62 C

Olive Branch$290k median · 24.5 min commute

Schools BCost of living B−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 66 C+

Horn Lake$171k median · 25.7 min commute

Schools BCost of living B+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 54 C−

This is a photo collage around the city of Southaven, Mississippi

Southaven$236k median · 24.0 min commute

Schools BCost of living B+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 64 C+

Hernando$316k median · 26.9 min commute

Schools B−Cost of living B−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 59 C

This Town of Atoka sign is located at the three-way stop in downtown Atoka, Tennessee where Atoka-Munford Avenue dead-ends into Main Street.

Atoka$321k median · 36.2 min commute

Schools B−Cost of living B−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 56 C−

This list's weighting

Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Germantown (Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY 3.0); Collierville (Chase Via · CC BY-SA 4.0); Arlington (Ttlouderback · CC BY-SA 4.0); Bartlett (Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com) · CC BY 3.0); Lakeland (Ben Evans · Public domain); Olive Branch (Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com) · CC BY 3.0); Horn Lake (Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY-SA 3.0); Southaven (Trevor Birchett · CC BY-SA 4.0); Hernando (Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY-SA 3.0); Atoka (Andrew P. Bohrman, Stephanie Bohrman · CC BY-SA 4.0).