Natchez High School

Natchez High School operates as a middle-of-the-pack high school in NATCHEZ, Mississippi, part of Natchez-Adams School District. Current enrollment sits at 606 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Natchez-Adams School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,554 students; Natchez High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Natchez High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (89%); the rest looks like 6% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Natchez High School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Natchez 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%; Natchez High School posts 30.2%, -16.9 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Adams County put median household income runs about $43,644, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. In all, Adams County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,714 students), of which Natchez High School is one.

Natchez Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Natchez High School.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Natchez High School has showed little movement, going from 603 students in 2018 to 606 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 95% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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