Starkville High School

Starkville High School is one of the expansive four-year high schools in Starkville, Mississippi, operated by Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District, with 1,376 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 651 students each, so Starkville High School sits 111% bigger than that benchmark.

Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,880 students. Starkville High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Starkville High School records that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 27% White, 3% Asian, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Oktibbeha County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Starkville High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Starkville High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.7%, the actual is 56.3%, a residual of -7.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Oktibbeha County put median household income runs about $46,695, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oktibbeha County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,880 students), of which Starkville High School is one.

The closest other public school is Armstrong Junior High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 1,428 students in 2018 compared to 1,376 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.