📍 3200 Mount Olive Rd, Memphis, Shelby County, 38108
Douglass High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 657 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 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 77%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Douglass High enrolls 657 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Black or African American, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 496 | 75% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 4.1% |
| White | 9 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Douglass 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 30, state house district 98.
Douglass 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 657 students, Douglass 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