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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Shelby County, Tennessee

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in reading in Shelby County, Tennessee, drawn from 51 qualifying public high schools. Houston High School leads the list at 75.3%, against a median of 22.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Shelby County, Tennessee

Top % Proficient (Reading)

75.3%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

22.5%

BEST IN READING · SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Houston High School	Germantown, TN	Germantown	High	1,806	75.3%
2	Collierville High School	Collierville, TN	Collierville	High	2,946	74.9%
3	University High School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	179	74.6%
4	Arlington High	Arlington, TN	Arlington	High	1,674	70.7%
5	East High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	583	70.6%
6	Middle College High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	304	68.7%
7	Medical District High School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	146	61.4%
8	White Station High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	2,046	58.0%
9	Bartlett High School	Bartlett, TN	Bartlett	High	2,782	56.3%
10	Crosstown High School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	520	49.8%
11	Germantown High	Germantown, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	1,719	38.2%
12	Memphis Rise Academy	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	753	33.3%
13	Compass Community School Midtown Campus	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	373	33.1%
14	Central High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	1,331	32.3%
15	Cordova High School	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	2,251	31.3%
16	Whitehaven High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	1,509	29.2%
17	Power Center Academy High School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	671	28.8%
18	Ridgeway High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	695	27.8%
19	Westwood High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	361	26.4%
20	Oakhaven High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	341	26.1%
21	Millington Central Middle High School	Millington, TN	Millington Municipal Schools	High	1,193	25.8%
22	Bolton High	Arlington, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	661	25.6%
23	Memphis School of Excellence Cordova	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	448	25.4%
24	Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	692	22.8%
25	Craigmont High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	968	22.7%
26	Southwind High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	1,675	22.5%
27	Trezevant High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	883	21.9%
28	Douglass High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	604	20.2%
29	Memphis Business Academy High School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	521	20.1%
30	Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	335	20.1%
31	Memphis Academy Of Science Engineering Middle/High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	667	20.0%
32	Overton High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	1,417	18.6%
33	Soulsville Charter School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	651	18.0%
34	Mitchell High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	376	17.4%
35	KIPP Memphis Collegiate High School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	346	17.4%
36	Wooddale High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	662	17.3%
37	Kingsbury High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	1,383	16.5%
38	Kirby High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	699	16.5%
39	Memphis School of Excellence	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	575	16.2%
40	Bluff City High School	Memphis, TN	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	High	514	16.2%
41	City University School Of Liberal Arts	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	179	16.1%
42	Manassas High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	369	15.7%
43	Raleigh-Egypt High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	725	13.5%
44	Martin Luther King Preparatory High School	Memphis, TN	Achievement School District	High	491	13.0%
45	Sheffield High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	516	12.6%
46	Fairley High School	Memphis, TN	Achievement School District	High	480	12.3%
47	Hillcrest High School	Memphis, TN	Achievement School District	High	476	12.0%
48	Invictus Academy at Airways	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	173	11.0%
49	Melrose High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	645	10.7%
50	B. T. Washington High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	High	436	9.0%

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