Wilkinson County High School

Wilkinson County High School is a 9-12 campus of tiny scale in Woodville, Mississippi, one of the schools within Wilkinson County School District, hosting 228 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 65% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Within Wilkinson County School District, which oversees 3 schools and 694 students, Wilkinson County High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Wilkinson County High School reports that nearly all students (98%) are Black. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, Wilkinson County High School logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wilkinson County High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.2%; actual is 20.9%, a gap of -26.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wilkinson County put median household earnings sit near $35,311, roughly 9% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. In all, Wilkinson County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 694 students), of which Wilkinson County High School is one.

The closest other public school is Wilkinson County Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, Wilkinson County High School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 36%: 358 students in 2018 compared to 228 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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