Memphis Rise Academy
Memphis · TN · Memphis-Shelby County Schools · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Pleasant View School → Bartlett High School → Craigmont High → Kingsbury Career Technology Center → Kingsbury High → Avon School → Douglass High → Brinkley Heights Urban Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 7 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 4 calculus classes · 3 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 63th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 75th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Memphis Rise Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 63th percentile nationally with 7 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: Pleasant View School, Bartlett High School, Craigmont High 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
63th 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 · 2020-2175th 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.
👩🏫 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 -0.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 753 students:
≈ 10 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 $12,511 per student in district revenue, the 10 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $125,110/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View School Memphis |
Private | 1.1 | 436 | +12.4% |
| Bartlett High School Bartlett |
Public | 1.6 | 2,782 | -2.0% |
| Craigmont High Memphis |
Public | 1.9 | 968 | +37.9% |
| Kingsbury Career Technology Center Memphis |
Public | 2.4 | — | — |
| Kingsbury High Memphis |
Public | 2.5 | 1,383 | +1.6% |
| Avon School Memphis |
Public | 3.5 | 174 | -4.9% |
| Douglass High Memphis |
Public | 3.6 | 604 | -1.9% |
| Brinkley Heights Urban Academy Memphis |
Private | 3.9 | 109 | +21.1% |