Pelahatchie High School

Pelahatchie High School is one of the modestly sized four-year high schools in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, run under Rankin County School District, with 336 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 651 students per school, that is 48% leaner than typical.

Rankin County School District runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 18,196 students. Pelahatchie High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pelahatchie High School records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Rankin County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Pelahatchie High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.3%, the actual is 54.1%, a residual of -11.2 points.

Across the wider county, Rankin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,357 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Pelahatchie High School is one of 34 public schools in Rankin County (combined enrollment of about 22,454 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pelahatchie Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pelahatchie High School's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 380 (now 336). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Pelahatchie High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.