Overview

Jim Hill High School, established in 1912, is a comprehensive public high school in Jackson, part of Jackson Public School District -- a district of 40 schools total per NCES data. We didn't find a precise street address independently verified for this profile beyond the general Jackson location; check the school's own website for exact directions.

Jackson Public Schools has closed schools in recent years -- Wingfield High School, also formerly part of the district, closed in 2024. This is a pattern worth being aware of when researching any specific Jackson school; verify current operating status directly with the district before treating any Jackson Public Schools record as certain to remain open.

Academics

No independently verified Mississippi state assessment or accountability-grade data was located for this profile; check the Mississippi Department of Education's Statewide Accountability system directly for current school-level results.

Neighborhood

The school is located in Jackson, Mississippi's capital and largest city, in Hinds County. We did not independently verify which specific Jackson neighborhood or crime-index area the school's exact campus falls within for this profile.

Crime & safety

Citywide Jackson crime data is consistently elevated across every source checked: an overall crime rate 169% above the national average with a D safety grade, a violent crime rate described as more than double the state's median rate, and Jackson ranked as having higher crime than roughly 96-98% of comparable communities by two separate measures. There's also a genuinely positive, longer-term trend cited by one source: the city's own crime index reportedly fell 65% from 2020 to 2025, with homicides down from 110 to 26 over the same period -- a large enough claim that it's worth verifying against Jackson Police Department's own published statistics rather than treating as confirmed on a single source. Multiple sources agree safety varies sharply by neighborhood, with Belhaven, Woodland Hills, Cherokee Heights, and Willowood specifically named as the city's safer, higher-income areas, and neighborhoods like State Street and Belhaven Heights specifically named as higher-crime.

The reported 65% five-year decline in Jackson's crime index is a striking, single-sourced figure; we're flagging it as worth independent verification rather than treating it as an established fact, the same standard we've applied to other large single-source crime-trend claims throughout this directory. We also don't know which specific Jackson neighborhood this school's campus is in, so none of the neighborhood-specific figures above should be read as describing the school's immediate area.

Our calculated rating

We don't publish a single proprietary score, and for this school we're showing no rating: no academic data is available, the school's specific neighborhood wasn't identified, and one of the most significant safety claims found is single-sourced and unverified. See our ratings methodology.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, "Jim Hill High School"; Jackson Public School District detail via NCES.
  2. City-Data.com, Jackson crime statistics and 5-year trend, 2026.
  3. Eufy.com, "Top 10 Safest Cities in Mississippi (2026)," citing Mississippi statewide crime data.
  4. DoorProfit.com, Jackson citywide and neighborhood-specific crime statistics, citing FBI UCR data, 2026.
  5. NeighborhoodScout, Jackson crime data, 2026.