Saltillo High School

Located at 146 TIGER DR., in SALTILLO, Mississippi, Saltillo High School is a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus that educates 939 students (grades 9 through 13), part of Lee County. That puts it 44% larger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Within Lee County, which oversees 13 schools and 6,343 students, Saltillo High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Saltillo High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Saltillo High School records 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at Saltillo High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lee County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Saltillo High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.1%; this one delivers 64.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Lee County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,863 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Lee County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,808 students), of which Saltillo High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Saltillo Primary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Saltillo High School.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Saltillo High School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 965 (now 939). The White share of enrollment declined from 83% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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