Education in 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.

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.

[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.