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The fastest-growing public high schools in Mississippi

63 public high schools in Mississippi appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public high schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Potts Camp High School leads the list at 74.5%, against a median of 7.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Mississippi

Top Enrollment growth

74.5%

Median Enrollment growth

7.7%

FASTEST GROWING · MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Potts Camp High School	Potts Camp, MS	Marshall County School District	204	356	74.5%
2	Calhoun City High School	CALHOUN CITY, MS	Calhoun County School District	240	379	57.9%
3	Canton High School	Canton, MS	Canton Public Schools	612	899	46.9%
4	Clarkdale High School	Meridian, MS	Lauderdale County School District	293	422	44.0%
5	Independence High School	Coldwater, MS	Tate County School District	362	507	40.1%
6	Collins High School	COLLINS, MS	Covington County School District	274	373	36.1%
7	Lanier Junior/Senior High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	659	895	35.8%
8	Biggersville High School	CORINTH, MS	Alcorn School District	202	263	30.2%
9	Hernando High School	HERNANDO, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,200	1,529	27.4%
10	Lewisburg High School	Olive Branch, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,057	1,330	25.8%
11	Germantown High School	Madison, MS	Madison County Schools	1,122	1,411	25.8%
12	Pisgah High School	Brandon, MS	Rankin County School District	395	482	22.0%
13	Clinton High School	Clinton, MS	Clinton Public School District	1,125	1,339	19.0%
14	West Point High School	WEST POINT, MS	West Point Consolidated School District	861	1,010	17.3%
15	Forest High School	FOREST, MS	Forest Municipal School District	385	438	13.8%
16	Lake High School	Lake, MS	Scott County School District	203	231	13.8%
17	Bruce High School	BRUCE, MS	Calhoun County School District	383	435	13.6%
18	DeSoto Central High School	Southaven, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,765	2,004	13.5%
19	Mendenhall High School	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson County School District	570	646	13.3%
20	West Jones High School	Laurel, MS	Jones County School District	1,402	1,587	13.2%
21	O'Bannon High School	Greenville, MS	Western Line Schools	420	474	12.9%
22	West Harrison High	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	1,078	1,216	12.8%
23	Morton High School	MORTON, MS	Scott County School District	422	476	12.8%
24	Pontotoc High School	Pontotoc, MS	Pontotoc City School District	634	712	12.3%
25	D'Iberville High	Biloxi, MS	Harrison County School District	1,319	1,478	12.1%
26	Caledonia High School	CALEDONIA, MS	Lowndes County School District	578	640	10.7%
27	Petal High School	PETAL, MS	Petal School District	1,200	1,324	10.3%
28	Sumrall High School	Sumrall, MS	Lamar County School District	562	616	9.6%
29	Northwest High School	Flowood, MS	Rankin County School District	1,692	1,855	9.6%
30	Pearl High School	PEARL, MS	Pearl Public Schools	1,169	1,278	9.3%
31	Oxford High School	Oxford, MS	Oxford School District	1,226	1,335	8.9%
32	Ridgeland High School	Ridgeland, MS	Madison County Schools	924	995	7.7%
33	East Central High School	Moss Point, MS	Jackson County School District	722	777	7.6%
34	Columbia High School	Columbia, MS	COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT	452	484	7.1%
35	Forest Hill High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	1,063	1,139	7.1%
36	Gulfport High School	Gulfport, MS	Gulfport School District	1,591	1,702	7.0%
37	Lake Cormorant High School	Lake Cormorant, MS	DeSoto County School District	933	991	6.2%
38	New Albany High School	New Albany, MS	NEW ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	570	605	6.1%
39	Choctaw County High School	ACKERMAN, MS	Choctaw County Schools	483	511	5.8%
40	Strayhorn High School	Sarah, MS	Tate County School District	382	404	5.8%
41	Tupelo High School	Tupelo, MS	Tupelo Public School District	2,012	2,123	5.5%
42	Puckett High School	Puckett, MS	Rankin County School District	327	343	4.9%
43	Booneville High School	Booneville, MS	Booneville School District	354	370	4.5%
44	Choctaw Central High School	CHOCTAW, MS	Choctaw Central High School	516	537	4.1%
45	Horn Lake High School	Horn Lake, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,222	1,271	4.0%
46	New Hope High School	COLUMBUS, MS	Lowndes County School District	759	787	3.7%
47	Ocean Springs High School	Ocean Springs, MS	Ocean Springs School District	1,860	1,928	3.7%
48	Lafayette High School	Oxford, MS	Lafayette County	826	855	3.5%
49	Pascagoula High	Pascagoula, MS	Pascagoula-Gautier School District	1,089	1,127	3.5%
50	Leake Central High School	CARTHAGE, MS	Leake County School District	573	592	3.3%

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