Original Research by School Decision on Hollis F. Price Middle College
Hollis F. Price Middle College is a public high school in Memphis, Tennessee, that operates as part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. It serves grades nine through twelve and is a regular public school, not a charter. The school sits in the 38126 zip code, an area in the city where housing is relatively affordable compared to national benchmarks; home values have seen a modest recent decline. We looked for information on whether the school receives Title I funding, whether it has magnet status, free and reduced-price lunch eligibility data, special education and English learner populations, discipline outcomes, and staffing. None of that information was available in the data provided.
Enrollment is small, with a student body distributed across the four high school grades. The student population is overwhelmingly Black, with a small number of Hispanic students and even fewer who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native or as two or more races. No white or Asian students are enrolled. The data did not specify the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, so a sense of the economic makeup of the student body is not available from the sources used here.
This school is designed as a middle college, a model in which high school students take college courses and earn college credit while still working toward a diploma. The data did not include any specific program offerings, course access information, or dual enrollment partnerships, but the middle college designation itself signals a focus on providing a college-connected academic pathway for its students. A parent interested in this school would want to confirm directly with the school what college partner it works with, how credits transfer, and what supports are in place for students navigating college-level work.
State testing data was not available in the records provided, so there is no picture of how students at this school perform on academic assessments. The local district comparison, which looks at schools relative to other districts in Shelby County, could not produce a proficiency index, graduation rate, or chronic absenteeism rate for this school because those values were missing. The graduation rate, a common measure for high schools, is not reported here. That may be because the data is not collected or reported for this school in the current cycle, or it could reflect the nature of a middle college, which sometimes has different graduation timing. Without that information, a family evaluating academic outcomes would need to ask the school directly for its most recent results.
Memphis is a large city with a broad array of civic and cultural institutions. Tom Lee Park on the downtown riverfront underwent a major renovation that added ballcourts and trails. Shelby Farms Park in East Memphis is among the largest urban parks in the country. Overton Park in midtown houses the Memphis Zoo. Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, Graceland, Sun Studio, and the Stax Museum are all part of the city's cultural fabric. The Memphis Area Transit Authority runs the public bus system, and the mayor appoints its board. FedExForum downtown hosts the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. For a student at Hollis F. Price Middle College, these amenities are part of the broader Memphis context, though the school itself is located in a specific urban setting near downtown.
The district, Memphis-Shelby County Schools, has been undergoing a planning process around school closures under a framework called the Reimagining 901 plan, and it pursued a property tax referendum in recent years. How these district-level developments affect Hollis F. Price Middle College specifically is not detailed in the data. A parent may want to ask school leadership or the district about any plans that could affect the school's operations, enrollment, or building.
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