Calhoun City High School

Set in CALHOUN CITY, Mississippi, Calhoun City High School is a small four-year high school, one of the schools within Calhoun County School District. It caters to 379 students across grades 5 through 12. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Calhoun County School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,989 students. Calhoun City High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Calhoun City High School logs that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Calhoun City High School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Calhoun City High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Calhoun City High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.8%; this one delivers 43.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Calhoun County shows median household income runs about $43,125, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Calhoun County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,989 students), Calhoun City High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Calhoun City Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Calhoun City High School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 58%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 44% to 33%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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