Grenada High School

Located at 1875 FAIRGROUND ROAD, in GRENADA, Mississippi, Grenada High School is a big secondary school that serves 1,026 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Grenada School District. Compared to the state average of about 651 students per school, that is 58% bigger than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Grenada School District (3,863 students total), Grenada High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Grenada High School shows that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 43% White. The wider county runs roughly 45% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Grenada High School lists 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Grenada High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.9%, the actual is 72.2%, a residual of +9.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Grenada County indicate the typical household earns roughly $48,804 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Grenada County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,863 students), Grenada High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Grenada Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grenada High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.5%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grenada High School has ticked down 3%, going from 1,061 students in 2018 to 1,026 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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