Miseducation | Lester Prep | ProPublica

This database was last updated in October 2018, and its latest data is from the 2015-16 school year. Researchers can find more recent data at the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection site.

Miseducation » Tennessee » Achievement School District

Lester Prep

320 Carpenter, Memphis, TN 38112 | (901) 416-9569 | School Website | Charter Middle School

255 Students | 21 Teachers

Compare This School to Other Schools

nearby

with higher/lower poverty rates

with more/fewer nonwhite students

School Composition
93% Black
5% Hispanic
2% White

Black

Hispanic

White

Opportunity

Schools offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students at this school.


Gifted & Talented Composition
100% Black

Black

This School

District

State

Students

98%

Highest 10% in the district

Nonwhite Students

School: 98%

District Avg: 98%

State Avg: 36%

0

100%

71% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

School: 71%

District Avg: 73%

State Avg: 58%

0

100%

Not Available Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

2% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

4 students

School: 2%

District Avg: 0%

State Avg: 2%

0

100%

Teachers & Resources

12.1 Students for Every Teacher

12.1

School

16.5

District Avg

14.5

State Avg

52% Inexperienced Teachers

School: 52%

District Avg: 43%

State Avg: 19%

0

100%

33% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

School: 33%

District Avg: 11%

State Avg: 27%

0

100%

1

Lowest 10% in the district

Social Workers, Psychologists & School Counselors

This School

District

State

The students at this school have access to:

Gifted & Talented Program

... but do not have access to:

Credit Recovery Program

Dual Enrollment Program

International Baccalaureate

Discipline

Schools differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this school punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.


Out-of-School Suspension Composition
97% Black
3% Hispanic

Black

Hispanic


Expulsion Composition
100% Black

Black

This School

District

State

Students

72 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

28% of all students at this school

72

School

2,312

District Total

74.9K

State Total

4 Total In-School Suspended Students

2% of all students at this school

4

School

761

District Total

91.0K

State Total

15

Highest 10% in the district

Total Expelled Students

6% of all students at this school

15

School

167

District Total

8,760

State Total
Outcomes & Resources

305 Total Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension

305

School

320

District Avg

197.5

State Avg

Not Available Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

0

Lowest 10% in the district

Total Arrests

0

School

0

District Avg

0.8

State Avg

0

Lowest 10% in the district

Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

0

School

0

District Avg

2.2

State Avg

15

Highest 10% in the district

Total Transfers to Alternative Schools

15

School

4

District Avg

3.5

State Avg

0 Total Security Guards & Law Enforcement Officers

This School

District

State

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

Find errors? Have tips? Email education@propublica.org.

Close Comment Creative Commons Donate Email Facebook Mobile Phone Podcast Print RSS Search Search Twitter WhatsApp
Current site Current page