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Raleigh-Egypt High School

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Raleigh-Egypt High School
Location
Map
3970 Voltaire Ave

38128

United States
Information
Founded1969
School districtShelby County Schools
PrincipalShari Meeks
Teaching staff38.55 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12[1]
Enrollment714 (2022–2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio18.52[1]
Color(s)Black, red and white
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NicknamePharaohs[2]
Website[1]

Raleigh-Egypt High School (REHS) is a secondary school (grades 9–12) located at 3970 Voltaire Road in Raleigh, a section of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Shelby County Schools district. It shares a campus with Egypt Central Elementary School and Raleigh-Egypt Middle School. The high school has an enrollment of 595 as of school year 2019–2020.[1]

When REHS was built in 1969,[citation needed] it was part of the Shelby County School System. It came under the Memphis City School system after Raleigh was annexed by Memphis in 1972.[3] In 2014, Shelby County Schools retook control of Raleigh-Egypt High School and all other Memphis City Schools.[4]

REHS was racially integrated at its beginning[citation needed] but, like the rest of the Shelby County Schools, has since resegregated due to white flight.[5] Currently, 82% of students are Black and 14% are Hispanic.[6]

The original school principal, Ernest Chism, was a member of the Shelby County School Board from 2002 to 2013.[7]

School name, colors and mascot

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Raleigh Egypt High's name reflects two areas it serves: Raleigh, a large, previously incorporated area in north-central Memphis, and Egypt, a small unincorporated community that was one of the earliest settlements in Shelby County.[citation needed] Picking up on the latter name, the school's athletic teams are called The Pharaohs, the mascot is a Pharaoh, the yearbook is The Sphinx, and the student newspaper is The Scroll. The school's colors are red, white and black.

Sports

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Raleigh Egypt won state titles in Boys' Cross Country in 1972 and 1973, and Boys' Track in 2004.[8] REHS has been in many other championship competitions.[9]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Raleigh-Egypt High". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Raleigh Egypt High School". Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Memphis Annexations, 1819-2014". Shelby County, Tennessee. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Report: De-merger of schools in Shelby County cemented inequities in public education". Commercial Appeal. July 10, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Laura Faith Kebede (March 29, 2018). "Memphis school segregation worse than 50 years ago". Chalkbeat Tennessee. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Raleigh-Egypt High School". GreatSchools.org. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  7. ^ Kelsey Ott (September 3, 2016). "Beloved former educator, alderman Ernest Chism dies at 77". WREG. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  8. ^ "Get State Records". Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  9. ^ ""Raleigh-Egypt High School"". Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
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