Impact of COVID-19 on Leake County High School
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 166th of 264 Middle schools | Ranks 175th of 243 Middle schools | 9.1% |
Ranks 176th of 233 High schools | Ranks 147th of 226 High schools | 10.5% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Leake County High School) | 35.6 | 22.6 | 13% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Leake County School District) | 26.9 | 30.4 | 3.5% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Mississippi) | 39 | 40.2 | 1.2% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Leake County High School) | 44.4 | 43.3 | 1.1% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Leake County School District) | 37.3 | 44.2 | 6.9% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Mississippi) | 51.1 | 55.6 | 4.5% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Leake County High School) | 23 | 27.7 | 4.7% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Leake County School District) | 23.7 | 21.2 | 2.5% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Mississippi) | 35.5 | 40.5 | 5% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Leake County High School) | 28.2 | 24.6 | 3.6% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Leake County School District) | 24.7 | 30.4 | 5.7% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Mississippi) | 44.8 | 46.1 | 1.3% |
8th Grade Science (Leake County High School) | 41.1 | 41.5 | 0.4% |
8th Grade Science (Leake County School District) | 37.7 | 32.2 | 5.5% |
8th Grade Science (Mississippi) | 52.7 | 53.3 | 0.6% |
End of Course Algebra I (Leake County High School) | 35 | 35.7 | 0.7% |
End of Course Algebra I (Leake County School District) | 45.3 | 44 | 1.3% |
End of Course Algebra I (Mississippi) | 49.3 | 65.8 | 16.5% |
End of Course English II (Leake County High School) | 22.7 | 48.1 | 25.4% |
End of Course English II (Leake County School District) | 27.6 | 38.5 | 10.9% |
End of Course English II (Mississippi) | 43.9 | 50.1 | 6.2% |
End of Course Biology (Leake County High School) | 46.4 | 53.3 | 6.9% |
End of Course Biology (Leake County School District) | 31.5 | 53.9 | 22.4% |
End of Course Biology (Mississippi) | 57.2 | 60.9 | 3.7% |
End of Course U.S. History1 (Leake County High School) | 50 | 63.7 | 13.7% |
End of Course U.S. History1 (Leake County School District) | 32.9 | 53.4 | 20.5% |
End of Course U.S. History1 (Mississippi) | 55.5 | 71.4 | 15.9% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 269 | 296 | 10% |
African American | 187 | 227 | 21.4% |
American Indian | 2 | 4 | 100% |
Asian | 0 | 3 | |
Hispanic | 19 | 14 | 26.3% |
Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | |
White | 58 | 42 | 27.6% |
Two or More Races | 3 | 6 | 100% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 98.9% | 100% | 1.1% |