Caledonia High School

As a reasonably sized four-year high school in CALEDONIA, Mississippi, Caledonia High School enrolls 640 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Lowndes County School District.

Lowndes County School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,261 students. Caledonia High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Caledonia High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest consists of 16% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Caledonia High School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lowndes County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Caledonia High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.2%, the actual is 79.7%, a residual of +5.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lowndes County put the typical household earns roughly $53,812 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lowndes County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,512 students), of which Caledonia High School is one.

The closest other public school is Caledonia Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Caledonia High School at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 51.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Caledonia High School's enrollment has increased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 578 (now 640). The White share of enrollment declined from 77% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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