Memphis Rise Academy

Memphis Rise Academy is a mid-tier high school in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school hosts 753 students in grades 6 through 12.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools comprises 211 schools with combined enrollment of 111,979 students; Memphis Rise Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Memphis Rise Academy shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Shelby County put median household earnings sit near $63,767, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Memphis Rise Academy is one of 287 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students).

Beacon College Preparatory is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Memphis Rise Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Memphis Rise Academy has edged up 72%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 753 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 50% to 77% over that span.

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