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Enrollment
753
High
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 754
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 470014802418
Memphis Rise Academy
5221 Raleigh Lagrange RD, Memphis, TN 38134 · (901) 379-5750 · Shelby County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL753 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Tennessee public high schools
- BTest 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
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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 6 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 85 | 11% |
Student demographics
38%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
33.3%
TN avg 40.9% . +9.2pp since 2022
Math
53.1%
TN avg 39.3% . +3.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.1% | 49.6% |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Memphis Rise Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #33 of 339 ▲ 8 | #3 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #238 of 337 ▲ 32 | #12 of 51 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 753 | #155 of 381 | #16 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.6% | #170 of 332 | #21 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +71.9% | #5 of 110 | #1 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
753
-14 (-2%) 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 | 753 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 755 | 61 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 50.2 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 767 | 51 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 29.8 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 13 | 16.2:1 | 91% (191) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memphis Rise Academy.
About Memphis Rise Academy
Memphis Rise Academy is a mid-sized high school in Memphis, Tennessee, under Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school teaches grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 753 students.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools counts 111,979 students in its 211 schools, and Memphis Rise Academy is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at Memphis Rise Academy is Hispanic: 77%. The remaining shares are 19% Black and 2% White. Shelby County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Memphis Rise Academy scores 38%.
Among Tennessee public high schools, Memphis Rise Academy outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Looking at the county, Shelby County, the median household earns about $63,767 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Shelby County has 287 public schools with about 154,209 students, including Memphis Rise Academy.
Beacon College Preparatory, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Memphis Rise Academy has an NCES locale of City: Large. Federal records list Memphis Rise Academy as a charter school.
Federal data show 767 students in 2020-21 and 753 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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
Nearby schools
- Beacon College Preparatory0.2 mi · 321
- Raleigh-Bartlett Meadows Elementary0.4 mi · 398
- Bartlett High School1.6 mi · 2,782
- Wells Station Elementary1.8 mi · 593
- Shelby Oaks Elementary1.8 mi · 751
- Craigmont High1.9 mi · 968
Frequently asked questions
About Memphis Rise AcademyHow many students attend Memphis Rise Academy?
Memphis Rise Academy enrolls approximately 753 students in grades 06-12.
Is Memphis Rise Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memphis Rise Academy is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How diverse is Memphis Rise Academy?
Memphis Rise Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Memphis Rise Academy?
Memphis Rise Academy is overseen by Memphis-Shelby County Schools in Shelby County.
What county does Memphis Rise Academy serve?
Memphis Rise Academy serves Shelby County in TN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.