📍 801 B.B. King, Indianola, Sunflower County, 38751
Gentry High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Indianola, Sunflower County. The school has 488 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sunflower Cty Cons School District school district. It serves grades 10–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 82%. The school offers 4 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gentry High School enrolls 488 students across grades 10–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 2% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 474 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 2% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
488 of the school's 488 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 488 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gentry High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-20, state senate district 13, state house district 31.
Gentry High School is one of 13 schools in Sunflower County Consolidated School District, based in INDIANOLA, Mississippi. The district serves 2,807 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 488 students, Gentry High School is larger than the district average of about 216 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote