Best High Schools in Mississippi

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 228)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
280231001116	201	Kemper County High School	Public	9-12	200 Martin Luther King Jr Stre	De Kalb	39328	Kemper County	Kemper County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 743-5292	323	30	10.6	100.0%	4 (1.2%)	314 (97.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$21,816							14.5	17.9	191	10
280195000335	202	Holly Springs High School	Public	9-12	165 North Walthall Street	Holly Springs	38635	Marshall County	Holly Springs School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 252-4371	301	19	16.1	100.0%	7 (2.3%)	279 (92.7%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$17,858							14.4	21.6	180	22
280204001041	203	Humphreys County High School	Public	9-12	700 Cohn Street	Belzoni	39038	Humphreys County	Humphreys County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 247-6040	424	28	14.8	100.0%	2 (0.5%)	415 (97.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$14,943							14.2	20.1	184	19
280255000497	204	Shannon High School	Public	9-12	218 Cherry St.	Shannon	38868	Lee County	Lee County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 767-9566	525	45	11.5	100.0%	114 (21.7%)	384 (73.1%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	$12,907							12.8	7.7	219	15
280222000427	205	Jefferson County High	Public	9-12	2277 Main St.	Fayette	39069	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 786-3919	313	23	13.8	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	312 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,571							12.1	25.6	171	34
280120000154	206	Columbus High School	Public	9-12	215 Hemlock Street	Columbus	39702	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7200	898	64	14	100.0%	27 (3.0%)	848 (94.4%)	11 (1.2%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	$14,624							11.5	9.8	210	4
280330000642	207	Noxubee County High School	Public	9-12	16640 Hwy 45	Macon	39341	Noxubee County	Noxubee County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 726-4428	416	32	13.1	100.0%	4 (1.0%)	403 (96.9%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$15,664							11.2	9.4	213	6
280019801512	208	Amanda Elzy High School	Public	9-12	604 Elzy Avenue	Greenwood	38930	Leflore County	Greenwood-Leflore Cons School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 459-8034	395	29	13.7	100.0%	4 (1.0%)	367 (92.9%)	24 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,383							10.1	13.8	203	5
280252000487	209	Leake Central High School	Public	9-12	704 N Jordan Street	Carthage	39051	Leake County	Leake County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 267-7713	612	36	17	100.0%	104 (17.0%)	349 (57.0%)	125 (20.4%)	5 (0.8%)	17 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	$10,887							10.1	20.1	185	24
280399000755	210	Magee High School	Public	9-12	501 E Choctaw Street	Magee	39111	Simpson County	Simpson County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 849-2263	405	25	16.2	99.3%	131 (32.3%)	256 (63.2%)	10 (2.5%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$11,501							9.6	9.3	214	4

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MAAP Algebra I, MAAP English II, MAAP Biology, MAAP U.S. History1 test scores released by the Mississippi Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Mississippi Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Mississippi Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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