South Pike High School

South Pike High School is one of the modestly sized high schools in Magnolia, Mississippi, part of South Pike School District, with 425 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 651 students each, so South Pike High School sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.

Within South Pike School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,461 students, South Pike High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, South Pike High School lists that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 8% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 54% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, South Pike High School shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher 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, South Pike High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 35.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pike County put the typical household earns roughly $43,814 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. South Pike High School is one of 20 public schools in Pike County (combined enrollment of about 5,717 students).

The closest other public school is South Pike Junior High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around South Pike High School.

South Pike High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. South Pike High School's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 425). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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