Vancleave High School

As a reasonably sized senior high in Vancleave, Mississippi, Vancleave High School teaches 737 students from grades 9 through 13, part of Jackson County School District.

Across the 13 schools in Jackson County School District (8,845 students total), Vancleave High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Vancleave High School shows that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Vancleave High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.2%; this one delivers 79.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Jackson County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,201 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jackson County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,712 students), Vancleave High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Vancleave Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vancleave High School has contracted 4%, going from 766 students in 2018 to 737 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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