Hills Chapel School

Located at 8 CR 2371, in Booneville, Mississippi, Hills Chapel School is an average-sized elementary campus that works with 398 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Prentiss County School District.

Prentiss County School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,176 students. Hills Chapel School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hills Chapel School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% multiracial. By comparison, Prentiss County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Prentiss County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,724, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Prentiss County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,973 students), of which Hills Chapel School is one.

The closest other public school is New Site High School, roughly 5.3 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hills Chapel School has ticked down 16%, going from 476 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 98% to 93%.

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