The top reported proficiency rate is 21% in Science. The lowest is 12% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Mt. Pisgah Middle/high
Mt. Pisgah Middle/High serves grades six through nine within the Memphis-Shelby County Schools system, based in the Cordova area of Shelby County. The school operates as a regular public school, and it is not a charter or magnet institution. Because it serves only early high school grades, the school does not yet have a reported four-year graduation rate, a metric that applies only when it serves students through the full senior year.
The school’s enrollment is modest for a combined middle and early high school campus. A large majority of students are Black, with smaller shares of Hispanic students, students who identify as two or more races, Asian students, and white students. The school’s free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available in the source materials, and neither were counts for students receiving special education services or English learner supports, so families should expect to ask about these supports directly.
On the Tennessee state assessments, proficiency rates across tested subjects are low. In math, about one in eight students scored at the proficient or above level. In English language arts, the share was similarly low. Science and social studies results were also below one in four. Participation rates on the tests were very high, so the results reflect nearly the entire tested student body. When compared with other districts in Shelby County, the school’s overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. This is a school where most students are not meeting grade-level benchmarks on state tests, a central fact for any family evaluating academic standing.
Course access and staffing data were not available in the source information, so a family seeking details on advanced coursework, career and technical education, or teacher qualifications should follow up with the school directly. No program offerings were listed in the data provided, and the school’s discipline, attendance, and chronic absenteeism figures were also absent.
Cordova itself is a suburban community that grew rapidly from a farming hamlet into a major residential and commercial corridor within Shelby County. Major retail centers line Germantown Parkway and Macon Road, anchored by the Wolfchase Galleria mall. The built environment is car-dependent, with schools on separated campuses and daily life organized around arterial roads. Civic life includes the Cordova Branch Library, the Bert Ferguson Community Center, and the historic Cordova Community Center. Growth has brought ongoing debate about annexation and de-annexation with the City of Memphis; as of publicly reported accounts, some residents are pursuing efforts to separate and form a new municipality.
Students at Mt. Pisgah Middle/High eventually continue within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, one of the larger districts in Tennessee. The district has been through a major facilities planning process known as the Reimagining 901 plan, which has involved school closures and changes to attendance boundaries. Families should be aware that the district’s landscape is not static. The school’s grade band, going only through ninth grade, means that students will almost certainly change schools after their freshman year, making the transition from middle school into high school and then from this campus to another part of the system a consistent feature of the student experience.
For a family looking at this school, the picture is one of a mid-size combined campus in a suburban setting where state test results are well below the county median. The absence of data on special populations, discipline, attendance, and program access means that many of the questions a parent would reasonably ask about day-to-day support and opportunity cannot be answered from the available records. A parent may want to investigate those areas directly with the school and with the district to understand what academic pathways and supports are actually available once a student enrolls.
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