Strayhorn High School

Strayhorn High School, an intimate 9-12 campus in Sarah, Mississippi, part of Tate County School District, teaches 404 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 651 students per school, that is 38% below typical.

Within Tate County School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,004 students, Strayhorn High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Strayhorn High School shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Black, 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at Strayhorn High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Strayhorn High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 62.0%; this one comes in at 47.1%, -14.9 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tate County) shows that median household income runs about $69,704, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Tate County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,758 students), of which Strayhorn High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Strayhorn Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Strayhorn High School has ticked up 6%, going from 382 students in 2018 to 404 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 79% to 63% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.