Picayune Memorial High School

Picayune Memorial High School operates as a moderately sized high school in Picayune, Mississippi, one of the schools within Picayune School District. Current enrollment sits at 940 students spanning grades 9 through 13. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 651 students each, so Picayune Memorial High School sits 44% larger than that benchmark.

Picayune School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,359 students; Picayune Memorial High School is among them.

Demographically, Picayune Memorial High School records that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 30% Black, 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Pearl River County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Picayune Memorial High School has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Picayune Memorial High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Picayune Memorial High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pearl River County) shows that median household earnings sit near $58,135, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Picayune Memorial High School is one of 20 public schools in Pearl River County (combined enrollment of about 8,456 students).

The closest other public school is Picayune Junior High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Picayune Memorial High School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Picayune Memorial High School has showed little movement, going from 939 students in 2018 to 940 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 3% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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