Sumner Hill Junior High School

Sumner Hill Junior High School operates as an intimate four-year high school in Clinton, Mississippi, part of Clinton Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 396 students spanning grade 9. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Sumner Hill Junior High School is one of 7 schools operated by Clinton Public School District, a district that teaches 5,148 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Sumner Hill Junior High School shows that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 30% White, 6% Asian, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Hinds County as a whole is about 72% Black, so the school skews meaningfully less Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Sumner Hill Junior High School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hinds County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sumner Hill Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.2%, the actual is 76.9%, a residual of +5.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hinds County put median household earnings sit near $49,402, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sumner Hill Junior High School is one of 84 public schools in Hinds County (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lovett Elementary School, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sumner Hill Junior High School.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 405 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 35% to 30%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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