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The options to get a great education for your kids in Downtown are growing every year. In fall of 2003, three schools opened, including:

Downtown Elementary School: a public school with an optional program for grades K-6,

St. Patrick's Jubilee School:a private catholic school for grades K-6 that offers financial assistance for families in need, and

Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering: a charter school sponsored by the Memphis BioTech Corporation for grades 7-12 located on the UT Health campus.

Downtown is home to twelve other daycare and early education facilities, including:

Foreign Language Immersion Center: an early education facility offering bilingual education for children under the age of five,

and Maria Montessori School: a school in Harbor Town offering an alternative to traditional education for students in grades K-8, and

Top-notch education continues at the CBID's schools of higher learning, including:
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  • Southern College of Optometry
  • Methodist University Hospital
  • Baptist College of Health Sciences
  • Southwest Tennessee Community College
  • University of Tennessee College of Social Work

    Downtown also has the Cossitt Memphis/Shelby County Public Library which opened in 1888 as the first public library in Memphis. The library holds the Memphis and Shelby County Archives and a gallery showcasing works from instructors and students of the Memphis College of Art.

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