Hamilton School

Hamilton School is an average-sized primary school in HAMILTON, Mississippi, overseen by Monroe County School District. The school caters to 557 students in grades K through 13. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

Monroe County School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 2,002 students; Hamilton School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hamilton School records that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Monroe County (around 69%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hamilton School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.9%, the actual is 68.2%, a residual of +2.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household earnings sit near $51,866, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Monroe County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,387 students), of which Hamilton School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Caledonia High School, around 6.4 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 646 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 84% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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