Lanier Junior/Senior High School

Lanier Junior/Senior High School is a high school of moderately sized scale in Jackson, Mississippi, part of Jackson Public Schools, hosting 895 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 37% bigger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Within Jackson Public Schools, which oversees 35 schools and 16,870 students, Lanier Junior/Senior High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lanier Junior/Senior High School reports that nearly all students (98%) are Black. By comparison, Hinds County as a whole is about 72% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Hinds County's rate of about 88%.

With demographic context factored in, Lanier Junior/Senior High School is in the bottom 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.2%; Lanier Junior/Senior High School posts 29.3%, -17.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hinds County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,402, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hinds County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), Lanier Junior/Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Galloway Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 36%: 659 students in 2018 compared to 895 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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