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Kirby High School (Tennessee)

1980 establishments in TennesseeEducational institutions established in 1980High schools in Memphis, TennesseePublic high schools in Tennessee

Kirby High School (KHS) is a public high school in the Hickory Hill community of Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and is a part of the Shelby County Schools district. KHS was established in 1980 as part of the Shelby County School System, serving students from grades 7 to 10, subtracting and adding grades until the first graduating class left KHS at the end of the 1982-83 school year. It later became a Memphis City School campus, after Memphis annexed Hickory Hill in 1999.

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Kirby High School (Tennessee)
Kirby Parkway, Memphis

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