Craigmont High School (Memphis, Tennessee)

Craigmont High School is a public high school (grades 9–12) located in Memphis, Tennessee, in the Raleigh community. It was part of the Memphis City Schools district before consolidation with the Shelby County Schools district, beginning with the 2013-14 school year. It is home to the city's only International Studies Program. The school first opened in 1974 for only 7th through 10th grade students, but each subsequent year, added a grade higher. The first graduating class was the class of 1976. In 2001, the 7th and 8th grade students, along with the 6th grade students from Brownsville Road Optional Elementary School, formed the new Craigmont Middle School at the opposite end of the same block. This was done both to help overcrowding and to reduce the extreme age and maturity gaps present in a single building. Before the physical split between junior and senior high schools, junior high students (those in grades 7, 8, & 9) remain relegated to the north end of the building for classes while those senior high students (grades 10, 11, & 12) attended the majority of their classes in the south end of the school building. Former principal, Dr. Ada Jane Walters, would go on to become the Tennessee State Commissioner of Education.

Craigmont High School
U.S. Secretary of Education John King Jr. at the school, 2016
Address
3333 Covington Pike Memphis , Tennessee United States
Coordinates	35.2164°N 89.89554°W / 35.2164; -89.89554
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1974
School district	Shelby County Schools
Principal	Tisha Durrah
Enrollment	903 (2016-17)[1]
Color(s)	Maroon and gray
Mascot	Chief
Website	www.craigmontchiefs.org