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Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee

Public, Charter Grades 6-12

Summary

Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee is a public charter school serving grades 6-12 in Memphis, Tennessee, with 317 students. The school faces significant challenges, with high chronic absenteeism rates, low test scores, and declining academic performance compared to nearby schools and district/state averages.

Despite a significant increase in spending per student, from $5,339 in 2020-2021 to $15,260 in 2023-2024, Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee's academic performance remains poor. In 2024-2025, only 20.1% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 23.7% for the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district and 38.9% for the state. The school's student-teacher ratio has also increased from 13.7 in 2021-2022 to 20.4 in 2023-2024, which is higher than the district average.

When comparing Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee to other nearby schools, such as Whitehaven High, a public magnet school, it significantly underperforms on test scores across all subjects and grade levels. The high chronic absenteeism rates at Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee, ranging from 18.9% to 29.5%, are also a concern and may be contributing to the school's low academic performance. Addressing these issues could be a key focus for the school and the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district.

335

Students ?

20.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,829

Per pupil spending ?

817 Brownlee RD
Memphis, TN 38116

(901) 538-9500

District: Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

77.3%

Hispanic:

20.3%

White:

1.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 12th percentile in 2019 → 35th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 23 percentile points since 2019

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (32% vs 43% meeting standards)

!English Language Arts scores 19 pts below the Tennessee average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

District avg25%

Tennessee avg43%

380^th of 583

Tennessee public middle schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 23 pts since 2019

From bottom 12% (2019) to bottom 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

135^th of 139Memphis-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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	36.3	380 of 583	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.2	462 of 587	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	500 of 594	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	492 of 569	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.8	538 of 576	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	507 of 574	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	51.4	120 of 312	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	33.3	190 of 318	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.0	220 of 316	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.0	231 of 299	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	246 of 277	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.9	236 of 293	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	65.2	17 of 100	83.0%	★★★★☆
2024	93.5	1 of 73	98.6%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	30.1	400 of 546	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	459 of 554	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	498 of 560	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.9	495 of 552	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.2	515 of 538	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.4	471 of 529	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	58.6	102 of 286	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.8	125 of 285	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.8	182 of 285	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.7	179 of 275	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.3	171 of 261	34.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	55.2	189 of 490	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	32.9	349 of 510	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.8	400 of 514	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	413 of 495	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.4	430 of 483	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.3	409 of 490	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	40.4	332 of 550	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.6	420 of 560	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	456 of 557	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.7	449 of 540	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.8	484 of 529	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.6	445 of 523	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	264 of 332	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)83rd percentile+48 vs school

Hispanic (2025)64th percentile+30 vs school

African American (2025)62nd percentile+27 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)61st percentile+27 vs school

Male (2025)40th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)27th percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2025)20th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies46%-3 vs state

Science38%-8 vs state

Mathematics26%-17 vs state

English Language Arts20%-19 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				TNReady Mathematics (2025)				TNReady English Language Arts (2025)				TNReady Algebra I (2025)		TNReady Algebra II (2025)				TNReady Biology I (2025)					TNReady US History (2025)				TNReady English I (2025)		TNReady English II (2025)		TNReady Geometry (2025)			TNReady Science (2025)				TNReady Social Studies (2025)				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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 9th Grade	TNReady Algebra I All Grades	TNReady Algebra II 10th Grade	TNReady Algebra II 11th Grade	TNReady Algebra II 12th Grade	TNReady Algebra II All Grades	TNReady Biology I 9th Grade	TNReady Biology I 10th Grade	TNReady Biology I 11th Grade	TNReady Biology I 12th Grade	TNReady Biology I All Grades	TNReady US History 10th Grade	TNReady US History 11th Grade	TNReady US History 12th Grade	TNReady US History All Grades	TNReady English I 9th Grade	TNReady English I All Grades	TNReady English II 10th Grade	TNReady English II All Grades	TNReady Geometry 10th Grade	TNReady Geometry 11th Grade	TNReady Geometry 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
Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee	Public, Charter	6-12	817 Brownlee RD	Memphis	38116	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 538-9500	317	16	20.4		1 (0.3%)	244 (77.0%)	65 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)								(n/a)	21.8	32.1	23.3	25.7	30.9	16.0	12.7	20.1																							37.3	42.5	33.0	37.6	47.3	41.5	50.5	46.4	$11,829	$1,446	$10,017
Hillcrest High School	Public, Charter	9-12	4184 Graceland DR	Memphis	38116	Shelby County	Achievement School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 730-4098	441	20	22.0		1 (0.2%)	413 (93.7%)	23 (5.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	7	384^th of 389 public high schools	1.3%		10.7	363^rd of 392 public high schools	7.4%	21												9.4		11.4		5.5			5.7					6.6	6.2	21.6	19.8												$18,230	$6,876	$11,354
Whitehaven High	Public, Magnet	9-12	4851 Elvis Presley Blvd	Memphis	38116	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(901) 416-3000	1,549	82	18.8		4 (0.3%)	1,455 (93.9%)	23 (1.5%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (4.1%)	60	126^th of 389 public high schools	67.6%		62.6	109^th of 392 public high schools	72.2%	17									51.2	50.0	49.6	44.7	28.6	47.3		72.7	40.3	35.0	41.9		77.9	58.8	72.4	20.5	20.3	38.6	38.1	73.5	60.7	68.6									$13,670	$1,339	$11,585
City University School Of Liberal Arts	Public, Charter	9-12	1475 E. Shelby DR	Memphis	38106	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 775-2219	201	15	13.1		1 (0.5%)	183 (91.0%)	11 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	19.1	329^th of 389 public high schools	15.4%		21.1	321^st of 392 public high schools	18.1%	8									20.5	19.1		17.0		16.7		5.0			6.5	12.8	66.7		25.0	11.1	11.1	21.4	21.4	5.1											$17,924	$1,541	$16,016
City University School of Independence	Public, Charter	9-12	1475 East Shelby DR	Memphis	38116	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 775-2219	14	1	10.1		0 (0.0%)	14 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27.9	283^rd of 389 public high schools	27.2%					(n/a)																28.6			28.6	25.0			25.0			28.6	28.6	23.1		23.1									$8,792	$1,358	$7,068
Fairley High School	Public	9-12	4950 Fairley RD	Memphis	38109	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(901) 321-2500	0																		(n/a)																																							$14,303	$1,862	$11,538
Southwest Career Technology Center	Public	9-12	3746 Horn Lake RD	Memphis	38109	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	No	(901) 416-8186	0	6	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship	Public, Charter	6-12	5132 Jonetta ST	Memphis	38109	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(901) 538-9500	723	47	15.3		1 (0.1%)	607 (84.0%)	104 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.5%)	23.6	308^th of 389 public high schools	20.8%		18.5	332^nd of 392 public high schools	15.3%	24	16.5	14.1	27.6	19.2	13.9	8.2		8.8	12.5	12.4	28.6	7.9		11.1	18.0				18.7		33.7		33.3	20.1	20.1	59.2	55.3	6.7		6.1	25.3	15.3	22.4	20.8	49.4	32.9	27.6	36.7	$14,252	$1,495	$12,391
Westwood High	Public	9-12	4480 Westmont Rd	Memphis	38109	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-8000	329	21	15.3		0 (0.0%)	317 (96.4%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	12.6	356^th of 389 public high schools	8.5%		14.5	346^th of 392 public high schools	11.7%	10													9.1	6.7		9.7	7.7		9.8							26.8	26.4	6.7	11.8	7.1									$15,971	$1,889	$13,288
Mitchell High	Public	9-12	658 WMitchell Rd	Memphis	38109	Shelby County	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(901) 416-8174	358	24	15.0		1 (0.3%)	346 (96.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	19.9	324^th of 389 public high schools	16.7%		14	349^th of 392 public high schools	11.0%	25									11.0	10.7		16.2	19.0	19.1		50.0	18.8	12.5	25.8					6.8	6.6	26.3	25.8	6.5		8.9									$14,970	$1,821	$12,466

Frequently Asked Questions about Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee

What district is Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee in?

Memphis-Shelby County Schools

How many students attend Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee?

In the 2024-25 school year, 335 students attended Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee.

What is the racial makeup of Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee?

Students at Freedom Prep Middle - Brownlee are 77% African American, 20% Hispanic, 1% White, 1% Two or more races.

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