📍 634 Starkville Road, Houston, Chickasaw County, 38851
Houston High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Houston, Chickasaw County. The school has 499 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Chickasaw Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
Houston High School enrolls 499 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 43% Black or African American and 9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 229 | 46% |
| Black or African American | 216 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
496 of the school's 499 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 365 qualify for free lunch and 131 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Houston High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-10, state senate district 8, state house district 22.
Houston High School is one of 7 schools in Chickasaw County School District, based in Houston, Mississippi. The district serves 2,197 students district-wide and employs 187 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 499 students, Houston High School is larger than the district average of about 314 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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