Pine Grove High School

Pine Grove High School operates as a moderately sized unified-grade school in Ripley, Mississippi, operated by South Tippah School District. Current enrollment sits at 573 students spanning grades pre-K through 12.

Across the 5 schools in South Tippah School District (2,403 students total), Pine Grove High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pine Grove High School logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Pine Grove High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.8%, the actual is 70.3%, a residual of +10.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Tippah County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,542 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Tippah County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,623 students), Pine Grove High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jumpertown School, roughly 8.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pine Grove High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 68.5%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Pine Grove High School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 640 (now 573). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.