Velma Jackson High School

Velma Jackson High School is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in Camden, Mississippi, part of Madison County Schools. The school works with 224 students in grades 9 through 13. That puts it 66% below the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Within Madison County Schools, which oversees 21 schools and 12,926 students, Velma Jackson High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Velma Jackson High School logs that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Madison County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Velma Jackson High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 52.8%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Madison County put the typical household earns roughly $83,441 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Velma Jackson High School is one of 34 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 16,432 students).

Camden Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Velma Jackson High School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 27%: 305 students in 2018 compared to 224 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Velma Jackson High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.