Whitehaven High

Whitehaven High is one of the roomy 9-12 campuss in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the schools within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, with 1,509 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 100% above the state mean of about 754.

Within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, which oversees 211 schools and 111,979 students, Whitehaven High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Whitehaven High shows that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Other groups include 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In the surrounding community, Shelby County reports that median household income runs about $63,767, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Shelby County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), of which Whitehaven High is one.

Whitehaven Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whitehaven High.

Whitehaven High operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Whitehaven High's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,595 (now 1,509). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 98% to 94%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.