Tylertown High School

Set in Tylertown, Mississippi, Tylertown High School is a modestly sized 9-12 campus, overseen by Walthall County School District. It hosts 526 students across grades 7 through 12.

Tylertown High School is one of 5 schools operated by Walthall County School District, a district that works with 1,698 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Tylertown High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (80%). Other groups include 10% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Tylertown High School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at Tylertown High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Tylertown High School is in the bottom 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 58.1%; Tylertown High School posts 41.7%, -16.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Walthall County shows median household earnings sit near $48,905, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Walthall County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,698 students), Tylertown High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tylertown Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tylertown High School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Tylertown High School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 526). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 23% to 10%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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