Brighton High School
Brighton · TN · Tipton County · Public
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Munford High School → Tipton Christian Academy → Covington High School → Bolton High → Millington Central Middle High School → Arlington High → Faith Christian Academy → Archon Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 8 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 3 physics · 11 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 58th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 78th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 96% (82th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Brighton High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 58th percentile nationally with 8 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTN sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Munford High School, Tipton Christian Academy, Covington High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
58th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2178th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
82th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,031 students:
≈ 197 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $10,111 per student in district revenue, the 197 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,991,867/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munford High School Munford |
Public | 3.5 | 1,262 | +8.1% |
| Tipton Christian Academy Covington |
Private | 7.4 | 266 | +48.6% |
| Covington High School Covington |
Public | 7.7 | 643 | -15.2% |
| Bolton High Arlington |
Public | 10.6 | 661 | +4.8% |
| Millington Central Middle High School Millington |
Public | 12.5 | 816 | +0.2% |
| Arlington High Arlington |
Public | 14.7 | 1,674 | -24.0% |
| Faith Christian Academy Bartlett |
Private | 17.7 | 24 | — |
| Archon Academy Bartlett |
Private | 18.7 | 48 | — |