📍 408 W. Mill Street, Blue Mountain, Tippah County, 38610
Blue Mountain High School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Blue Mountain, Tippah County. The school has 327 pupils enrolled. It is part of the South Tippah School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.1:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 90%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Blue Mountain High School enrolls 327 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 34% Black or African American and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 160 | 49% |
| Black or African American | 110 | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 5.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
324 of the school's 327 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 289 qualify for free lunch and 35 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Blue Mountain 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-10, state senate district 4, state house district 4.
Blue Mountain High School is one of 6 schools in South Tippah School District, based in Ripley, Mississippi. The district serves 2,403 students district-wide and employs 222 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 327 students, Blue Mountain High School is smaller than the district average of about 401 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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