Middle College High

As an intimate four-year high school in Memphis, Tennessee, Middle College High serves 304 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 754.

Middle College High is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that teaches 111,979 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Middle College High shows that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest looks like 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Shelby County put the typical household earns roughly $63,767 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Middle College High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Maxine Smith STEAM Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Middle College High's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 304). White enrollment moved from 5% to 1% across the same window.

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