📍 115 Tori Bowie Lane, Brandon, Rankin County, 39047
Pisgah High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Brandon, Rankin County. The school has 435 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rankin Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 60% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pisgah High School enrolls 435 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 11% Black or African American and 4.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 365 | 84% |
| Black or African American | 50 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
432 of the school's 435 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 184 qualify for free lunch and 248 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pisgah High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 20, state house district 75.
Pisgah High School is one of 28 schools in Rankin County School District, based in Brandon, Mississippi. The district serves 18,196 students district-wide and employs 1,431 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 435 students, Pisgah High School is smaller than the district average of about 650 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant