Horn Lake High School

As a substantial secondary school in Horn Lake, Mississippi, Horn Lake High School educates 1,271 students from grades 9 through 12, run under DeSoto County School District. Compared to the state average of about 651 students per school, that is 95% larger than typical.

Across the 39 schools in DeSoto County School District (34,934 students total), Horn Lake High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Horn Lake High School reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, Horn Lake High School logs 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Horn Lake High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at Horn Lake High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, DeSoto County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Horn Lake High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.8%, the actual is 56.2%, a residual of -6.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for DeSoto County shows median household earnings sit near $85,297, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Horn Lake High School is one of 43 public schools in DeSoto County (combined enrollment of about 34,934 students).

Horn Lake Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 1,222 students in 2018 compared to 1,271 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 22% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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