Bluff City High School

Bluff City High School, a low-enrollment secondary school in Memphis, Tennessee, overseen by Tennessee Public Charter School Commission, works with 514 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 754 students per school, that is 32% smaller than typical.

Across the 17 schools in Tennessee Public Charter School Commission (6,979 students total), Bluff City High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Bluff City High School shows that 78% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Around the school, Shelby County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Bluff City High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kirby Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bluff City High School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, Bluff City High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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