Whitehaven High

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Memphis, Tennessee

Whitehaven High in Memphis, Tennessee enrolled 1,509 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 34% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 92% (Tennessee: 87.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 2% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers fell 13%

1,587 students in 2022-23, 1,549 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 94.7 to 82.0.

Students enrolled at Whitehaven High by school year2022-23: 1,587, 2023-24: 1,54905001k1.5k2k2022-231,5872023-241,549
Students enrolled at Whitehaven High by school year2022-23: 1,587, 2023-24: 1,54905001k1.5k2k2022-231,5872023-241,549
Students enrolled at Whitehaven High by school year2022-23: 1,587, 2023-24: 1,54905001k1.5k2k2022-231,5872023-241,549
Students enrolled at Whitehaven High by school year2022-23: 1,587, 2023-24: 1,54905001k1.5k2k2022-231,5872023-241,549
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,58794.716.8
2023-241,54982.018.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

12 AP courses and one counselor per 368 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Whitehaven High enrolled 1,473 students and had 4.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses12
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)4.0, one per 368 of the 1,473 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions0
  • Chronically absent30.9% (2022-23)

Who attends

94.0% of students were Black, 4.0% of two or more races, 1.8% Hispanic in 2024-25.

  1. Black94.0%
  2. Two or more races4.0%
  3. Hispanic1.8%
  4. White0.1%
  5. Asian0.1%
  6. Pacific Islander0.1%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Whitehaven High scored proficient or above: 34% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Math34%16% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

92% of the 402 students in Whitehaven High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtTennessee
Four-year graduation rate92%81%87.3%
Students in the class4027,46171,510

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Memphis

46 public high schools in Memphis report 2024-25 enrollment; Whitehaven High is number 3 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
White Station High2,04616.9not reported
Southwind High1,67523.8not reported
Whitehaven High1,50916.8not reported
Overton High1,41714.3not reported
Kingsbury High1,38321.8not reported
Central High1,33121.2not reported
Craigmont High96815.3not reported
Trezevant High88317.2not reported

All public schools in Memphis →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Whitehaven High

  1. City University School Of Liberal ArtsThe nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 179 students, 21.7 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
  2. City University School of IndependenceThe next nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 13 students (2024-25).0.6 mi
  3. Compare Whitehaven High with City University School Of Liberal ArtsStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Memphis-Shelby County Schools spends per student$13,695 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$13,695
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeWhitehaven High is the number 48 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#48 of 384
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Whitehaven High

  1. How many students attend Whitehaven High?
    1,509 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,587 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Memphis, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Whitehaven High?
    16.8 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Whitehaven High a Title I school?
    Whitehaven High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Whitehaven High do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Whitehaven High scored proficient or above: 34% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Whitehaven High?
    92% of the 402 students in Whitehaven High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Whitehaven High in?
    Memphis-Shelby County Schools, NCES district ID 4700148. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470014801181 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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