Whitehaven High School, 4851 Elvis Presley Blvd.: grades 9-12, 1,509 students in 2024-25, state letter grade A.
Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: Whitehaven 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, and the federal NCES school directory.
Whitehaven 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. It is one of the district’s Optional schools, listed in the 2026-27 Optional Schools Handbook under Business and Finance and College Prep; Optional schools have entrance requirements and take applications through the district’s school choice process.
- Address: 4851 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116
- Main office: 901-416-3000
- Grades: 9-12
- School hours: 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times
- Website: whitehaven-hs.scsk12.org
Who to call
- Front office: 901-416-3000
- 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
- Optional school applications: the Optional Schools office, 901-416-5338
- 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
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 1,549 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 1,509 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 | Whitehaven High |
|---|---|
| Overall letter grade, 2024-25 | A (score 5 of 5) |
| Achievement grade | A |
| Academic growth grade | A |
| Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students | A |
| College and career readiness grade | A |
| Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 | 43.9% |
| College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 | 84.2% |
| Graduation rate, class of 2025 | 87.7% (322 of 367 students) |
| Average ACT composite, 2024-25 | 16.2 (321 students tested) |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Whitehaven High students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: English I 43.5%, English II 65.6%, Algebra I 40%, Algebra II 62.5%, Geometry 82.3%, Biology 57.9% and U.S. History 79.4%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for Whitehaven High lists the school as a Reward School, the state’s label for high performance or improvement, 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 Whitehaven High zone takes in the middle school zones of Havenview Middle 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
Whitehaven High competes in the TSSAA, the state high school athletic association. For 2026-27, the TSSAA football classification list puts its team in Class 6A, Region 8, with Germantown, Southwind and White Station. Boys basketball is in Class 4A, Region 8, District 16. The school’s athletics page lists baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheer, cross country, football, girls flag football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field and volleyball. For game nights, see our Friday night football guide and the scoreboard.
More
- The school’s own site: whitehaven-hs.scsk12.org
- The school’s listing in the MSCS school directory
- Every public school in the city: Memphis public schools
- Calendars, enrollment and the school board: our Memphis schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Whitehaven High serve?
Ninth grade through 12th grade. The school is at 4851 Elvis Presley Blvd. in Memphis; the main office number is 901-416-3000.
What is Whitehaven High’s state report card grade?
Whitehaven High received an A overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.
What time does Whitehaven High start?
School runs from 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times.
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