Pearl High School

Pearl High School is one of the roomy senior highs in PEARL, Mississippi, overseen by Pearl Public Schools, with 1,278 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 13. That puts it 96% above the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Across the 5 schools in Pearl Public Schools (4,258 students total), Pearl High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Pearl High School records that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 42% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Rankin County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pearl High School has 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Pearl High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Rankin County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Pearl High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.8%; this one delivers 67.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rankin County put median household income runs about $79,357, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Pearl High School is one of 34 public schools in Rankin County (combined enrollment of about 22,454 students).

Pearl Upper School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Pearl High School.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pearl High School has rose 9%, going from 1,169 students in 2018 to 1,278 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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