Northeast Jones High School

Northeast Jones High School, a mid-tier secondary school in Laurel, Mississippi, run under Jones County School District, educates 938 students, covering grades 7 through 13. That puts it 44% bigger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Jones County School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 8,693 students; Northeast Jones High School is among them.

On demographics, Northeast Jones High School records that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest reads as 21% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Native American. Compared to Jones County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Northeast Jones High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Jones County's rate of about 76%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northeast Jones High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.9%; this one delivers 58.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jones County indicate median household income runs about $52,216, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Jones County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,313 students), Northeast Jones High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Jones Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Northeast Jones High School.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northeast Jones High School has declined 18%, going from 1,139 students in 2018 to 938 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 66%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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