Pisgah High School

Set in Brandon, Mississippi, Pisgah High School is a compact high school, one of the schools within Rankin County School District. It enrolls 482 students across grades 7 through 12. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Rankin County School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 18,196 students; Pisgah High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pisgah High School lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 11% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pisgah High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.4%; this one delivers 69.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Rankin County put the typical household earns roughly $79,357 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rankin County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,454 students), Pisgah High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pisgah Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Pisgah High School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 22%: 395 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 18% to 11%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.