Jim Hill High School

Set in Jackson, Mississippi, Jim Hill High School is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school, one of the schools within Jackson Public Schools. It hosts 975 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 50% larger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Jim Hill High School is one of 35 schools operated by Jackson Public Schools, a district that serves 16,870 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jim Hill High School logs that nearly all students (95%) are Black; the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 72% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jim Hill High School has 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Jim Hill High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Hinds County's rate of about 88%.

With demographic context factored in, Jim Hill High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 43.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hinds County) reports that median household earnings sit near $49,402, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Jim Hill High School is one of 84 public schools in Hinds County (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students).

The closest other public school is Isable Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jim Hill High School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 1,024 students in 2018 compared to 975 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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