Sand Hill School

Set in Richton, Mississippi, Sand Hill School is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, run under Greene County Schools. It caters to 267 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Sand Hill School sits 40% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Greene County Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 1,621 students, Sand Hill School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Sand Hill School records that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest looks like 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sand Hill School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Sand Hill School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.7%; this one delivers 53.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Greene County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,276 per year, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Greene County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,621 students), Sand Hill School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Richton Elementary School, roughly 10.6 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sand Hill School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 59.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sand Hill School has decreased 19%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 267 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 99% to 93%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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