Kingsbury Elementary School, 4055 Bayliss Ave.: pre-K to 5, 457 students in 2024-25, state letter grade B.

Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: Kingsbury Elementary, Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ school directory and School Zone Locator, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card, 2024-25 letter grade and school profile files and spring 2026 test file, and the federal NCES school directory.

Kingsbury Elementary School is a Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, in the district’s Jackson/Treadwell area.

  • Address: 4055 Bayliss Ave., Memphis, TN 38108
  • Main office: 901-416-6020
  • Grades: pre-K to 5
  • Website: kingsbury-es.scsk12.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 901-416-6020
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, with the district’s registration page; MSCS main line 901-416-5300
  • Checking a zone: the MSCS School Zone Locator
  • Buses: MSCS Transportation Services, which runs Find My Bus; the district says students who live outside the parent responsibility zone (1.5 miles for elementary, 2 miles for middle and high school) can ride to their zoned school

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 513 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 457 students, including 49 in pre-K.

State report card

Tennessee grades every public school A to F. The department says School Letter Grades give “a snapshot of how each school in the state is performing, including student achievement and academic growth measures for all schools, as well as a measure of college and career readiness just for high schools.”

From the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file:

Measure Kingsbury Elementary
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 B (score 3.5 of 5)
Achievement grade D
Academic growth grade A
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students A
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 23.3%

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Kingsbury Elementary students in tested grades who met or exceeded expectations on TCAP: 26.9% in English language arts, 24.7% in math and 33.8% in science. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for Kingsbury Elementary lists the school as a Reward School, the state’s label for high performance or improvement, and holds the full detail: results by grade and subject, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

MSCS attendance zones do not follow city limits. Check an address in the School Zone Locator, which shows the zoned elementary, middle and high school, or see the district’s 2026-27 boundary maps for elementary, middle and high schools (PDFs).

On the district’s zone map, addresses in the Kingsbury Elementary zone are zoned for Kingsbury Middle and then Kingsbury High.

Calendar and school hours

The district’s 2026-27 student calendar, which MSCS says is pending approval by the Tennessee Department of Education, has these dates next:

  • Monday, Oct. 19: last day of fall break; students return Tuesday, Oct. 20
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 16-18: semester exams; Dec. 18 ends the first semester
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 4: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
  • March 15-19: spring break, with a second break March 26 and 29
  • Thursday, May 20, 2027: last day for students

Parent-teacher conferences run 4 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 28, 2027, for elementary schools.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Kingsbury Elementary serve?

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is at 4055 Bayliss Ave. in Memphis; the main office number is 901-416-6020.

What is Kingsbury Elementary’s state report card grade?

Kingsbury Elementary received a B overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

Which middle school does Kingsbury Elementary feed into?

Kingsbury Middle, then Kingsbury High, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone map. Check an address in the School Zone Locator.