Fairley High School, 4950 Fairley Road: grades 9-12, 463 students in 2024-25, state letter grade D.

Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: Fairley High, Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ school directory, 2026-27 bell times (PDF) and School Zone Locator, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card, 2024-25 letter grade and school profile files and spring 2026 test file.

Fairley High School is a Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) school serving ninth grade through 12th grade, in the part of the city the district’s school map calls Whitehaven.

  • Address: 4950 Fairley Road, Memphis, TN 38109
  • Main office: 901-416-9400
  • Grades: 9-12
  • School hours: 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times
  • Website: fairley-hs.scsk12.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 901-416-9400
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, with the district’s registration page; MSCS main line 901-416-5300
  • Checking a zone: the MSCS School Zone Locator
  • Buses: MSCS Transportation Services, which runs Find My Bus; the district says students who live outside the parent responsibility zone (1.5 miles for elementary, 2 miles for middle and high school) can ride to their zoned school

Principal

Principal Steevon R. Hunter, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has 463 students.

State report card

Tennessee grades every public school A to F. The department says School Letter Grades give “a snapshot of how each school in the state is performing, including student achievement and academic growth measures for all schools, as well as a measure of college and career readiness just for high schools.”

From the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file, 2025 graduation rate file and 2024-25 ACT file:

Measure Fairley High
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 D (score 1.7 of 5)
Achievement grade F
Academic growth grade F
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students B
College and career readiness grade A
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 7.4%
College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 68%
Graduation rate, class of 2025 98.1% (101 of 103 students)
Average ACT composite, 2024-25 14.1 (99 students tested)

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Fairley High students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: English I under 5%, English II 19.9%, Algebra I 5.6%, Algebra II under 5%, Geometry 13.2%, Biology 12% and U.S. History under 10 students. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for Fairley High lists the school’s accountability designation as Priority & Comprehensive Support and Improvement, a status the state uses for schools it has identified for extra support, and holds the full detail: results by grade and subject, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

MSCS attendance zones do not follow city limits. Check an address in the School Zone Locator, which shows the zoned elementary, middle and high school, or see the district’s 2026-27 boundary maps for elementary, middle and high schools (PDFs).

On the district’s zone map, the Fairley High zone takes in the middle school zones of Geeter K-8 and A. Maceo Walker Middle.

Our Whitehaven neighborhood guide covers the area around the school.

Calendar and school hours

The district’s 2026-27 student calendar, which MSCS says is pending approval by the Tennessee Department of Education, has these dates next:

  • Monday, Oct. 19: last day of fall break; students return Tuesday, Oct. 20
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 16-18: semester exams; Dec. 18 ends the first semester
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 4: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
  • March 15-19: spring break, with a second break March 26 and 29
  • Thursday, May 20, 2027: last day for students

Parent-teacher conferences run 4 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2027, for high schools. The school day runs 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times.

Sports and activities

Fairley High competes in the TSSAA, the state high school athletic association. For 2026-27, the TSSAA football classification list puts its team in Class 2A, Region 8, with Bluff City, Hillcrest, Memphis Academy of Science & Engineering, Memphis Business Academy, Mitchell, Sheffield and Trezevant. Boys basketball is in Class 2A, Region 8, District 16. The school’s athletics page lists football, boys and girls basketball and baseball. For game nights, see our Friday night football guide and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Fairley High serve?

Ninth grade through 12th grade. The school is at 4950 Fairley Road in Memphis; the main office number is 901-416-9400.

What is Fairley High’s state report card grade?

Fairley High received a D overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

What time does Fairley High start?

School runs from 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times.