Morton High School

Morton High School, a compact secondary school in MORTON, Mississippi, operated by Scott County School District, teaches 476 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 651 students each, so Morton High School sits 27% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Scott County School District (3,989 students total), Morton High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Morton High School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 30% White, 27% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Morton High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.4%.

Around the school, census data for Scott County shows median household income runs about $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%. In all, Scott County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,627 students), of which Morton High School is one.

Morton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Morton High School. On composite proficiency, Morton High School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

Morton High School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Morton High School's enrollment has ticked up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 422 (now 476). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 13% to 37%.

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