Enrollment
404
High
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TATE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280423001295
Strayhorn High School
86 Mustang Dr., Sarah, MS 38665 · (662) 562-9246 · Tate County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
276 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2023-24 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.3pp since 2022
Math
44.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +4.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
404
+22 (+6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.1:1
% White
63%
was 79%
% Hispanic
11%
was 6%
% Black
21%
was 13%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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Tate County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,321
Census ACS
Median income
$69,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,758 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tate County School District
- Independence High SchoolHigh · 507 students
- East Tate ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Strayhorn Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Coldwater Elementary SchoolElementary · 213 students
- Senatobia-Tate Career Technical CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Strayhorn Elementary School0.1 mi · 407
- Senatobia Elementary School9.9 mi · 879
- Senatobia Middle School10.4 mi · 407
- Senatobia High School10.4 mi · 468
- Coldwater Elementary School10.7 mi · 213
- Como Primary School13.0 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Strayhorn High SchoolHow many students attend Strayhorn High School?
Strayhorn High School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Strayhorn High School serve?
Strayhorn High School serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Strayhorn High School have?
Strayhorn High School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Strayhorn High School?
Student demographics at Strayhorn High School are roughly 63% White, 11% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Strayhorn High School in?
Strayhorn High School is part of Tate County School District.
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