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Hickory Ridge Middle School

Q: Is Hickory Ridge Middle School a good school?

Hickory Ridge Middle School ranks in the bottom 8.6% of Tennessee middle schools.

Q: How many students attend Hickory Ridge Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 805 students attended Hickory Ridge Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Hickory Ridge Middle School?

Students at Hickory Ridge Middle School are 74% African American, 22% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

Q: What high school do graduates of Hickory Ridge Middle School attend?

Students who attend Hickory Ridge Middle School usually go on to attend Kirby High School

Public Grades 6-8

543^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 594 Tennessee Middle Schools

Better than 9% of Tennessee middle schools

Summary

Hickory Ridge Middle School is a public school in Memphis, TN, serving approximately 805 students in grades 6-8 as part of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The school has faced significant academic challenges, ranking in the bottom 10 percent of Tennessee schools, but there are signs of stabilization and slow improvement in recent years.

One of the school's clearest strengths is attendance: only 13.7% of students were chronically absent in 2024-2025, less than half the district rate of 30.2% and well below the state average of 18.3%. Nearby Kirby Middle School has a 52% absenteeism rate, and Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Middle School sits at 41.4%. Hickory Ridge also outperforms Kirby Middle in every subject while spending roughly $4,500 less per student. Academic proficiency is low overall — around 12% in math and ELA, and about 20-22% in science and social studies — but 7th graders stand out as a bright spot, with proficiency rates beating the district average in math and science. Social studies is also the school's strongest subject, at 22.1%, close to the district average of 28.7%.

There are clear warning signs, however. Eighth-grade proficiency is alarmingly low — just 8.8% in math and 9.6% in ELA — suggesting that many students may not be ready for high school coursework. Special education outcomes have collapsed, dropping from the 52nd percentile statewide in 2023-2024 to the 4th percentile in 2025-2026, and low-income students rank in the 5th percentile. While Hickory Ridge trails schools like Colonial Middle School, Germantown Middle School, Power Center Academy Middle School - Southeast, and Power Center Academy Middle School, its test scores have shown steady gains over the past three years. With strong attendance already in place, the school appears positioned to focus its energy on instructional quality and academic support.

805

Students ?

19.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,297

Per pupil spending ?

92.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3920 Ridgeway Road
Memphis, TN 38115

(901) 416-9337

District: Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Students who attend Hickory Ridge Middle School usually attend:

High:

Kirby High School

Feeder schools for Hickory Ridge Middle School:

Elementary:	Belle Forest Community School
	Winridge Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

74.2%

Hispanic:

22.5%

Two or more races:

2.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2018 → 9th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (17% vs 45% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 31 pts below the Tennessee average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school17%

District avg26%

Tennessee avg45%

543^rd of 594

Tennessee public middle schools ?

Bottom 9%▲ up 3 pts since 2018

From bottom 6% (2018) to bottom 9% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

21^st of 32Middle Schools in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools

137^th of 141Memphis-Shelby County Schools among Tennessee districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	10.4	543 of 594	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.6	541 of 583	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.3	554 of 587	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	556 of 594	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.5	516 of 569	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.4	553 of 576	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.3	548 of 574	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.1	532 of 563	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	19.4	284 of 328	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.1	279 of 312	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.6	277 of 318	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	291 of 316	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.0	227 of 299	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.2	275 of 277	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	280 of 293	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	243 of 284	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	33.4	54 of 73	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.3	30 of 39	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	498 of 546	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	515 of 554	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.4	520 of 560	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.5	489 of 552	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	7.2	526 of 538	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.3	510 of 529	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	33.7	203 of 302	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.8	192 of 286	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.1	199 of 285	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.7	227 of 285	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	240 of 275	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.8	207 of 261	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	178 of 228	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	183 of 219	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	13.3	23 of 23	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	14.7	452 of 478	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.5	459 of 490	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	466 of 510	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	465 of 514	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	438 of 495	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.2	469 of 483	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.4	459 of 490	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	448 of 481	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	8.7	525 of 550	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.6	522 of 560	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.2	529 of 557	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.8	502 of 540	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.4	506 of 529	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.5	501 of 523	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2026	18.4	334 of 349	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	22.2	289 of 332	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.4	145 of 299	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.0	180 of 288	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.3	213 of 260	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	70.3	23 of 238	90.3%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

Hispanic (2026)33rd percentile+24 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)26th percentile+20 vs school

African American (2026)13th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)5th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)5th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2026)4th percentile-4 vs school

Homeless (2024)<1st percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies22%-29 vs state

Science20%-27 vs state

English Language Arts12%-28 vs state

Mathematics12%-31 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				TNReady Mathematics (2026)				TNReady English Language Arts (2026)				TNReady Algebra I (2026)		TNReady Science (2026)				TNReady Social Studies (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2016)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 6th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 7th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 8th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 6th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 7th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 8th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Algebra I 8th Grade	TNReady Algebra I All Grades	TNReady Science 6th Grade	TNReady Science 7th Grade	TNReady Science 8th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	TNReady Social Studies 6th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 7th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 8th Grade	TNReady Social Studies All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hickory Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	3920 Ridgeway Road	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-9337	865	44	19.8	92.7%	5 (0.6%)	651 (75.3%)	183 (21.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (2.9%)	10.4	543^rd of 594 public middle schools	8.6%		9.6	541^st of 583 public middle schools	7.2%	2	11.2	18.6	8.8	12.4	12.6	15.8	9.6	12.4			17.8	29.0	15.7	20.2	21.2	30.7	16.7	22.1	$13,297	$1,575	$10,887
Kirby Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	6670 E Raines Road	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Achievement School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 730-8169	366	23	16.2		6 (1.6%)	295 (80.6%)	58 (15.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	3.7	587^th of 594 public middle schools	1.2%		3.7	581^st of 583 public middle schools	0.3%	6	< 5%	< 5%	< 5%	< 5%	5.7	6.6	< 5%	5.3			8.0	15.7	12.3	12.4	10.3	11.6	5.4	8.9	$17,796	$6,712	$11,084
Power Center Academy Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	5449 Winchester Road	Memphis	38115	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 333-6874	449	21	21.0	74.8%	1 (0.2%)	288 (64.1%)	157 (35.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	24	469^th of 594 public middle schools	21.0%		27.5	440^th of 583 public middle schools	24.5%	29	28.7	18.8	34.0	27.0	26.6	11.6	9.9	16.0			36.6	17.2	14.2	22.7	53.5	23.4	33.8	36.9	$14,387	$1,455	$12,565
Memphis Business Academy Hickory Hill Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	4443 S. Germantown Road	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 505-0551	56	5	11.2		0 (0.0%)	48 (85.7%)	6 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	27.1	449^th of 594 public middle schools	24.4%		16	497^th of 583 public middle schools	14.8%	48	28.1	23.1	15.0	23.1	34.4	< 5%	15.0	17.9			35.5	7.7	25.0	23.4	53.1	26.9	25.0	37.2	$18,686	$1,228	$17,092
Wooddale Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	3467 Castleman Street	Memphis	38118	Shelby County	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(901) 730-4086																			(n/a)	8.3	7.7	5.5	7.1	5.5	7.7	< 5%	6.1			17.4	19.0	17.8	18.1	36.4	32.2	23.1	30.0
Ridgeway Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	6333 Quince Road	Memphis	38119	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-1588	557	36	15.4	82.6%	8 (1.4%)	471 (84.6%)	63 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	11	537^th of 594 public middle schools	9.6%		11.9	521^st of 583 public middle schools	10.6%	16	12.9	11.4	6.4	10.4	20.2	16.7	10.5	16.0			16.5	27.6	17.0	20.7	20.1	27.6	21.1	23.1	$13,552	$1,585	$11,036
Germantown Middle School	Public	6-8	7925 CD Smith Rd	Germantown	38138	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-0950	637	42	15.3	58.0%	17 (2.7%)	510 (80.1%)	57 (8.9%)	14 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.1%)	25.5	460^th of 594 public middle schools	22.6%		26	449^th of 583 public middle schools	23.0%	11	18.7	22.8	13.8	18.4	22.0	20.4	19.3	20.6	42.9	42.9	19.8	45.2	38.9	34.3	26.0	31.9	45.3	34.5	$13,516	$1,722	$11,025
Power Center Academy Middle School - Southeast	Public, Charter	6-8	7051 Malco Way	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 352-6226	315	10	31.5		1 (0.3%)	261 (82.9%)	50 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	20.3	483^rd of 594 public middle schools	18.7%		25.7	451^st of 583 public middle schools	22.6%	32	8.5	13.7	9.9	10.6	24.0	20.5	15.2	19.8			33.3	32.5	28.5	31.4	27.9	53.4	20.2	33.2	$10,566	$1,677	$8,522
Highland Oaks Middle School	Public	6-8	5600 Meadowbriar Trail	Memphis	38125	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-0340	586	32	18.1	65.4%	3 (0.5%)	483 (82.4%)	81 (13.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.9%)	10.3	546^th of 594 public middle schools	8.1%		16.3	495^th of 583 public middle schools	15.1%	51	9.9	16.6	16.2	14.4	14.0	17.9	14.3	15.4			12.7	25.2	21.4	20.1	9.8	20.9	11.9	14.3	$14,129	$1,559	$11,635
Colonial Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	1370 Colonial Road	Memphis	38117	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-8980	1,088	56	19.6	79.6%	31 (2.8%)	584 (53.7%)	423 (38.9%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (4.0%)	29.4	436^th of 594 public middle schools	26.6%		30.2	419^th of 583 public middle schools	28.1%	17	11.0	22.0	22.9	19.0	32.7	27.1	19.7	26.1	64.3	64.3	28.2	38.0	33.4	33.5	36.1	47.4	35.5	39.8	$13,858	$1,407	$11,661

Frequently Asked Questions about Hickory Ridge Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Hickory Ridge Middle School?

Students at Hickory Ridge Middle School are 74% African American, 22% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

What district is Hickory Ridge Middle School in?

Memphis-Shelby County Schools

How many students attend Hickory Ridge Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 805 students attended Hickory Ridge Middle School.

Is Hickory Ridge Middle School a good school?

Hickory Ridge Middle School ranks in the bottom 8.6% of Tennessee middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Hickory Ridge Middle School attend?

Students who attend Hickory Ridge Middle School usually go on to attend Kirby High School

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