White Station High School
| White Station High School | |
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| Memphis, Tennessee | |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Enrollment | 2,263 |
| Website | White Station High School Website |
White Station High School is a public high school in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
White Station High is a member of the Shelby County Schools system and is recognized as one of the best high schools in Tennessee.
White Station is an optional school that offers an Optional (Honors) Diploma.
Newsweek magazine ranked White Station #1027 in the United States and #8 in Tennessee in its 2009-2010 edition of America's Best High Schools. White Station High made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2007.
In the 2011-2012 school year, White Station had 22 National Merit Semifinalists, more than any other school (public, private, or charter) in the state of Tennessee. In the 2012-2013 school year, White Station announced 23 National Merit Semifinalists.
White Station High School has also had the most National Merit Scholarship semifinalists of any school in the state of Tennessee in many previous years .
White Station has 7 National Board Certified Teachers.
In January 2014, White Station High School announced that they would be offering the AP Capstone program in the 2014-2015 school year.
Class sizes averaged 20.7 students per teacher at the time of these achievements; however, class size averages have increased to 26 students per teacher.
White Station is home to one of the nation's best high school boys basketball programs. The Spartans are consistently ranked among the top twenty high school basketball teams by USA Today."2013 Boys Varsity Basketball". White Station also has a girls basketball team, soccer teams (M/F), track and field teams (M/F), a football team, a bowling team (M/F), lacrosse teams (M/F), a golf team (M/F), a volleyball team (F), rugby teams (M/F), cross-country teams (M/F), ultimate teams (M/F), a swim team (Co-ed), a wrestling team (M), a baseball team (M), a softball team (F), a cheerleading team (F), and a tennis team (M/F). The Lady Spartans tennis team has won the city championship for 3 consecutive years and finished as state runner-up in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The boys tennis team won the 2011 district championship and advanced one player to the state championships. White Station's Lady Spartans volleyball team won the Memphis city championships in 2006, 2007, and 2008. The boys and girls Cross Country teams have won the Memphis city championship for 5 consecutive years. The Bowling Team won the city championship in 2014 and advanced to state.
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