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What tradition at Kirby High should never be changed?
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Enrollment
699
High
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 754
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 470014801859
Kirby High
4080 Kirby Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38115 · (901) 416-1960 · Shelby County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Tennessee public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Tennessee public high schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
STATE -0%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 172 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 169 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 163 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 195 | 28% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredEnglish Language Arts
16.5%
TN avg 40.9% . -7.4pp since 2022
Math
7.0%
TN avg 39.3%
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2022.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.5% | 7.0% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 7.6% |
| 2022-23 | 23.9% | N/A |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Kirby High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #332 of 339 ▼ 15 | #48 of 51 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #317 of 337 ▼ 10 | #38 of 51 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #166 of 381 | #18 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #173 of 332 | #22 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #42 of 200 | #8 of 21 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
699
-104 (-13%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 699 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 43.4 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 49.4 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 803 | 44 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 52.5 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 1,029 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 90% (924) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirby High.
About Kirby High
Kirby High is a public high school run by Memphis-Shelby County Schools in Memphis, Tennessee. The school enrolls 699 students in grades 9 through 12.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools has 111,979 students in 211 schools, and Kirby High is one of those schools.
The largest group at Kirby High is Black students, at 77%. Other groups include 20% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Shelby County residents are about 52% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kirby High scores 37%.
Among Tennessee public high schools, Kirby High outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The school is in Shelby County, where the median household earns about $63,767 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Kirby High shares Shelby County with 286 other public schools.
Kirby Middle School is the nearest public school to Kirby High, about 0.3 miles away. Kirby High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
Kirby High is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
A 13% decline took enrollment from 803 in 2020-21 to 699 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Kirby High community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
919,173
Census ACS
Median income
$63,767
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
154,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools
- Cordova High SchoolHigh · 2,251 students
- White Station HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Germantown HighHigh · 1,719 students
- Southwind HighHigh · 1,675 students
- Dexter SchoolElementary · 1,509 students
- Whitehaven HighHigh · 1,509 students
Other schools in Memphis
- White Station HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Southwind HighHigh · 1,675 students
- Whitehaven HighHigh · 1,509 students
- Overton HighHigh · 1,417 students
- Snowden Elementary/MiddleElementary · 1,384 students
- Kingsbury HighHigh · 1,383 students
Other Kirby High schools
One other US public school is named Kirby High. Kirby High is the largest of the 2.
- KIRBY HIGH SCHOOLKIRBY, AR · 176 students
Nearby schools
- Kirby Middle School0.3 mi · 402
- Bluff City High School0.4 mi · 514
- Hickory Ridge Middle0.6 mi · 805
- Crump Elementary1.0 mi · 569
- Hickory Ridge Elementary1.1 mi · 581
- Germanshire Elementary1.1 mi · 725
Frequently asked questions
About Kirby HighHow many students attend Kirby High?
Kirby High enrolls approximately 699 students in grades 09-12.
Is Kirby High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kirby High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How diverse is Kirby High?
Kirby High reports a student body of 1% White, 20% Hispanic, 77% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Kirby High in?
Kirby High is part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
What county does Kirby High serve?
Kirby High serves Shelby County in TN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.