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Brookhaven High School

443 e Monticello Street, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, 39601

769
Pupils
14.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Brookhaven High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Brookhaven, Lincoln County. The school has 769 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Brookhaven School Dist school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 52.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Brookhaven School Dist

Enrollment & staffing

Brookhaven High School enrolls 769 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 52.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.

Male students
388 (50%)
Female students
381 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
52.6
Student-teacher ratio
14.6:1
Grade span
9–12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Black or African American, 28% White and 3% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American51267%
White21328%
Two or more races233%
Hispanic or Latino101.3%
Asian81%
American Indian or Alaska Native3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

766 of the school's 769 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 559 qualify for free lunch and 207 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, RemoteGrades 9–12Title I

Brookhaven 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-30, state senate district 39, state house district 53.

School district: Brookhaven School District

Brookhaven High School is one of 7 schools in Brookhaven School District, based in Brookhaven, Mississippi. The district serves 2,429 students district-wide and employs 202 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 769 students, Brookhaven High School is larger than the district average of about 347 students per school.

2,429
District students
7
Schools
202
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

22%
Reading proficient
23%
Math proficient
87%
Graduation rate
25%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

📶 Fiber internet 📡 Campus Wi-Fi 💻 Provides devices 🏛️ Dual enrollment Gifted program

Setting: Town - Remote

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