Hillcrest High School
Memphis · TN · Achievement School District · Public charter
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- 📚 3 AP courses offered — Moderate
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 70th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 62% (Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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- ▸ 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: City University School Of Liberal Arts, City University School of Independence, Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 33% of US high schools
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 · 2020-2170th 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?
Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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 +3.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 476 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $14,936 per student in district revenue, the 84 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,254,624/year in additional funding.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City University School Of Liberal Arts Memphis |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 179 | -22.2% |
| City University School of Independence Memphis |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 13 | — |
| Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee Memphis |
Public · charter | 1.3 | — | — |
| Whitehaven High Memphis |
Public | 1.4 | 1,509 | +1.9% |
| Fairley High School Memphis |
Public | 2.6 | 463 | — |
| Southwest Career Technology Center Memphis |
Public | 3.1 | — | — |
| Oakhaven High Memphis |
Public | 3.2 | 341 | -12.8% |
| Invictus Academy at Airways Memphis |
Public | 3.8 | 173 | +47.9% |