Raleigh-Egypt_High_School
Raleigh-Egypt High School
Public high school in Memphis, Tennessee
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]
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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]