Memphis Catholic High School
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Memphis Catholic High School is a private
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

, Roman Catholic high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis
Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis is a Roman Catholic diocese in Tennessee. It was founded on June 20, 1970, when Pope Paul VI removed the counties in the state west of the Tennessee River from the Diocese of Nashville, which, prior to that time, encompassed the entire state.The diocese is...

.

Background

Memphis Catholic was established in 1922, consolidating several smaller, parish-run high schools.

Athletics

Catholic competes in Division 2, Region A of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association
Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is an organization which administers junior and senior high school sporting events in Tennessee.-Description:...

 (TSSAA) along with:
  • Bishop Byrne High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
    Bishop Byrne High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
    Bishop Byrne High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Memphis, Tennessee. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis.-Background:...

  • David Brainerd Christian School
    David Brainerd Christian School
    David Brainerd Christian School was a Christian school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The school was named for the missionary named David Brainerd. DBCS was established to meet the needs of students of Brainerd Baptist School, a Chattanooga elementary school...

     (Chattanooga)
  • Davidson Academy
    Davidson Academy
    For the Davidson Academy in Nevada, see Davidson Academy of Nevada.Davidson Academy is a private Christian school located in Nashville, Tennessee. It has students ranging from K-3 to 12th grade.-History:...

     (Nashville)
  • First Assembly Christian School
    First Assembly Christian School
    First Assembly Christian school is a college preparatory school located in the Cordova section of Memphis, Tennessee. FACS was founded in 1972; programs for kindergarten through Grade 8 began in 1972 and grades 9-12 were added in 1975. The school is fully accredited by the Southern Association of...

     (Cordova)
  • Kings Academy (Seymour)
  • Lighthouse Christian (Millington)
  • Catholic High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
  • Tipton Rosemark Academy (Millington)
  • Rossville Christian
  • Southern Baptist Educational Center
    Southern Baptist Educational Center
    Southern Baptist Educational Center is a college preparatory school located in Southaven, Mississippi. SBEC was founded by a group of Baptist ministers looking to establish a school in the Whitehaven section of Memphis, Tennessee, in 1972. Programs for kindergarten through Grade 8 began in 1973,...

     (Southaven, Mississippi)
  • St. Andrews (Sewanee)
  • St. George's Independent Schools
    St. George's Independent Schools
    St. George's Independent School was founded in 1959 as St. George's Episcopal School and now has campuses in Collierville, Germantown, and Memphis, Tennessee.-History:...

    (Collierville)
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