Kossuth High School

Set in Corinth, Mississippi, Kossuth High School is a low-enrollment high school, operated by Alcorn School District. It teaches 398 students across grades 9 through 13. Enrollment runs roughly 39% leaner than the state mean of about 651.

Alcorn School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,226 students; Kossuth High School is among them.

Demographically, Kossuth High School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Alcorn County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Alcorn County's rate of about 65%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kossuth High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Alcorn County indicate median household income runs about $51,260, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Alcorn County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,626 students), Kossuth High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kossuth Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Kossuth High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kossuth High School at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 41.3%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 459 students in 2018 compared to 398 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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