McComb High School

Located at 310 SEVENTH STREET, in MCCOMB, Mississippi, McComb High School is an average-sized secondary school that educates 632 students (grades 9 through 13), part of McComb School District.

McComb School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,121 students; McComb High School is among them.

Demographically, McComb High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Pike County as a whole is about 54% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, McComb High School records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Pike County's rate of about 91%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McComb High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Pike County indicate median household earnings sit near $43,814, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Pike County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,717 students), of which McComb High School is one.

The closest other public school is Denman Junior High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McComb High School.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. McComb High School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 679 (now 632). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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