Lake High School

Lake High School operates as a rural-scale secondary school in Lake, Mississippi, overseen by Scott County School District. Current enrollment sits at 231 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 651 students each, so Lake High School sits 65% below that benchmark.

Scott County School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,989 students; Lake High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lake High School shows that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 44% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Scott County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Lake High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Lake High School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 47.8%; this one delivers 69.0%, a residual of +21.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Scott County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,786, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Scott County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,627 students), Lake High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lake Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lake High School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Lake High School's enrollment has ticked up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 203 (now 231). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 51% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

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