Bruce High School

Bruce High School is a four-year high school of compact scale in BRUCE, Mississippi, overseen by Calhoun County School District, educateing 435 students in grades 5 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 651 students per school, that is 33% below typical.

Bruce High School is one of 5 schools operated by Calhoun County School District, a district that serves 1,989 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bruce High School shows that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 29% Black, 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Calhoun County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Bruce High School shows 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at Bruce High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Calhoun County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bruce High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Calhoun County indicate median household income runs about $43,125, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Calhoun County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,989 students), of which Bruce High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bruce Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bruce High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Bruce High School's enrollment has ticked up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 383 (now 435). White enrollment moved from 67% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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