Oakhaven Elementary vs Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus

Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus carries a 9.2/10 overall rating against Oakhaven Elementary's 7.9/10 — a 1.3-point gap that reflects a substantially different performance profile between these two Memphis schools 4.5 miles apart. That gap widens in Tennessee's statewide rankings: Compass lands at #33 of 1,785 schools, placing it inside the top 2 percent statewide, while Oakhaven sits at #325 of 1,785 — a solid upper-quartile finish, but a different tier of achievement entirely.

On the underlying scoring dimensions, the comparison becomes more nuanced. Oakhaven Elementary actually leads Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus on academic score, 7.7 vs 7.4 out of 10 — a 0.3-point edge suggesting marginally stronger tested proficiency. Growth scores, which measure how much students advance relative to academic peers during the school year, are nearly identical: Oakhaven at 9.9/10 and Compass at 10.0/10. Both schools deliver exceptional year-over-year gains, indicating that students at either campus progress at rates well above state norms regardless of where they start.

Oakhaven Elementary enrolls 523 students, more than twice the population of Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus at 254. That size difference carries into the classroom: Compass reports a 12.7:1 student-teacher ratio compared to Oakhaven's 14.5:1. Families who prioritize fewer students per teacher and a tighter school community will find Compass structurally built to deliver it, while Oakhaven's larger enrollment typically brings the programming breadth and extracurricular variety that come with scale.

The two schools also differ in type and grade span. Oakhaven Elementary is a regular public school running pre-K through 5th grade, making it the only option here for families seeking pre-kindergarten. Compass Community School Hickory Hill Campus is a charter school covering kindergarten through 8th grade — a longer runway that lets a family who enrolls in kindergarten keep their child at the same campus through middle school, bypassing the transition that Oakhaven families face when 5th grade ends.