Horn Lake Intermediate School

Horn Lake Intermediate School, a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Horn Lake, Mississippi, operated by DeSoto County School District, educates 914 students, covering grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Horn Lake Intermediate School sits 105% above that benchmark.

Horn Lake Intermediate School is one of 39 schools operated by DeSoto County School District, a district that caters to 34,934 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Horn Lake Intermediate School logs that Black students make up the majority at 69%; the rest breaks down as 13% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, DeSoto County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Horn Lake Intermediate School reports 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Horn Lake Intermediate School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at Horn Lake Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against DeSoto County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the broader community, census data for DeSoto County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,297 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Horn Lake Intermediate School is one of 43 public schools in DeSoto County (combined enrollment of about 34,934 students).

The closest other public school is Shadow Oaks Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Horn Lake Intermediate School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Horn Lake Intermediate School has shrank 17%, going from 1,102 students in 2018 to 914 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 19% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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