📍 3360 Church Road, Horn Lake, DeSoto County, 38637
Horn Lake High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Horn Lake, DeSoto County. The school has 1,361 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 89.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 91%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Horn Lake High enrolls 1,361 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 89.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American, 13% White and 9.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 993 | 73% |
| White | 172 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 129 | 9.5% |
| Two or more races | 59 | 4.3% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,358 of the school's 1,361 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 1,037 qualify for free lunch and 321 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Horn Lake High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 2, state house district 25.
Horn Lake High is one of 42 schools in DeSoto County School District, based in Hernando, Mississippi. The district serves 34,934 students district-wide and employs 2,367 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,361 students, Horn Lake High is larger than the district average of about 832 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe