Hancock High School

Hancock High School operates as a roomy 9-12 campus in Kiln, Mississippi, operated by Hancock School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,184 students spanning grades 9 through 13. That puts it 82% bigger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Within Hancock School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,934 students, Hancock High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Hancock High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Roughly 60% of students at Hancock High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hancock High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.1%; this one delivers 74.2%.

Around the school, census data for Hancock County shows median household income runs about $67,708, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Hancock High School is one of 11 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 5,598 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hancock Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Hancock High School's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,342 (now 1,184). White enrollment moved from 87% to 82% across the same window.

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