📍 4080 Kirby Pkwy, Memphis, Shelby County, 38115
Kirby High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 835 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 49.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 6% of students are proficient in reading. 1% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 77%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kirby High enrolls 835 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 49.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Black or African American, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 676 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 3.4% |
| White | 10 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Kirby High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 33, state house district 84.
Kirby High is one of 222 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools, based in Memphis, Tennessee. The district serves 111,124 students district-wide and employs 6,885 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 835 students, Kirby High is larger than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large