Southaven High School

As a sprawling 9-12 campus in SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi, Southaven High School caters to 1,876 students from grades 9 through 13, run under DeSoto County School District. Enrollment runs roughly 188% bigger than the state mean of about 651.

Southaven High School is one of 39 schools operated by DeSoto County School District, a district that instructs 34,934 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Southaven High School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 18% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Southaven High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 68.0%; this one comes in at 54.0%, -14.0 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for DeSoto County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,297, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across DeSoto County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,934 students), Southaven High School is one campus in the mix.

Southaven Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southaven High School.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,915 students in 2018 compared to 1,876 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 34% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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