Vicksburg High School

Vicksburg High School is a high school of medium-sized scale in VICKSBURG, Mississippi, part of Vicksburg Warren School District, educateing 785 students in grades 9 through 13. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Within Vicksburg Warren School District, which oversees 14 schools and 6,610 students, Vicksburg High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Vicksburg High School logs that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest looks like 8% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Vicksburg High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 33.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Warren County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $59,401 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Vicksburg High School is one of 16 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 6,610 students).

Bowmar Avenue is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Vicksburg High School.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Vicksburg High School's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 975 (now 785). The White share of enrollment fell from 15% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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