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The public high schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Mississippi

192 public high schools in Mississippi appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the most students per teacher, a proxy for larger classes. Quitman High School leads the list at 27.0:1, against a median of 12.7:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

192

Mississippi

Top Students/teacher

27.0:1

Median Students/teacher

12.7:1

HIGHEST RATIO · MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Quitman High School	Quitman, MS	Quitman School District	High	437	27.0:1
2	Lake High School	Lake, MS	Scott County School District	High	231	20.8:1
3	Yazoo City High School	YAZOO CITY, MS	MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City	High	531	19.0:1
4	D'Iberville High	Biloxi, MS	Harrison County School District	High	1,478	18.2:1
5	DeSoto Central High School	Southaven, MS	DeSoto County School District	High	2,004	17.8:1
6	Cleveland Central High School	CLEVELAND, MS	Cleveland School District	High	799	17.8:1
7	Canton High School	Canton, MS	Canton Public Schools	High	899	17.7:1
8	West Harrison High	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	High	1,216	17.6:1
9	O'Bannon High School	Greenville, MS	Western Line Schools	High	474	17.6:1
10	Laurel High School	LAUREL, MS	Laurel School District	High	732	17.2:1
11	Hernando High School	HERNANDO, MS	DeSoto County School District	High	1,529	17.1:1
12	Clarksdale High School	CLARKSDALE, MS	Clarksdale Municipal School District	High	473	17.0:1
13	Southaven High School	SOUTHAVEN, MS	DeSoto County School District	High	1,876	16.5:1
14	Lewisburg High School	Olive Branch, MS	DeSoto County School District	High	1,330	16.2:1
15	PEARL RIVER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	CARRIERE, MS	Pearl River County School District	High	952	16.2:1
16	Louisville High	LOUISVILLE, MS	Louisville Municipal School District	High	475	16.2:1
17	Greenwood High School/Votech	Greenwood, MS	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	High	633	16.1:1
18	Ocean Springs High School	Ocean Springs, MS	Ocean Springs School District	High	1,928	15.9:1
19	Leake Central High School	CARTHAGE, MS	Leake County School District	High	592	15.8:1
20	Harrison Central High	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	High	1,483	15.8:1
21	Murrah High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	High	1,259	15.8:1
22	Mendenhall High School	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson County School District	High	646	15.6:1
23	Biloxi High School	Biloxi, MS	BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	1,669	15.6:1
24	St. Martin High School	Ocean Springs, MS	Jackson County School District	High	1,289	15.6:1
25	Picayune Memorial High School	Picayune, MS	Picayune School District	High	940	15.5:1
26	Lake Cormorant High School	Lake Cormorant, MS	DeSoto County School District	High	991	15.4:1
27	Clinton High School	Clinton, MS	Clinton Public School District	High	1,339	15.3:1
28	Center Hill High School	Olive Branch, MS	DeSoto County School District	High	1,059	15.2:1
29	Magee High School	Magee, MS	Simpson County School District	High	380	15.2:1
30	Heidelberg High School	HEIDELBERG, MS	East Jasper School District	High	246	15.1:1
31	East Central High School	Moss Point, MS	Jackson County School District	High	777	15.1:1
32	Northwest High School	Flowood, MS	Rankin County School District	High	1,855	14.9:1
33	Oxford High School	Oxford, MS	Oxford School District	High	1,335	14.9:1
34	Warren Central High	VICKSBURG, MS	Vicksburg Warren School District	High	1,145	14.8:1
35	Senatobia High School	Senatobia, MS	Senatobia Municipal School District	High	468	14.8:1
36	Germantown High School	Madison, MS	Madison County Schools	High	1,411	14.7:1
37	Terry High School	Terry, MS	Hinds County School District	High	1,127	14.7:1
38	Crystal Springs High School	Crystal Springs, MS	Copiah County School District	High	397	14.5:1
39	Neshoba Central High School	PHILADELPHIA, MS	Neshoba County Schools	High	908	14.5:1
40	Oak Grove High School	Hattiesburg, MS	Lamar County School District	High	1,750	14.3:1
41	Bay High School	BAY ST LOUIS, MS	Bay Waveland School District	High	491	14.2:1
42	Brandon High School	Brandon, MS	Rankin County School District	High	1,609	14.2:1
43	West Jones High School	Laurel, MS	Jones County School District	High	1,587	14.2:1
44	KOSCIUSKO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	KOSCIUSKO, MS	Kosciusko School District	High	579	14.2:1
45	Pearl High School	PEARL, MS	Pearl Public Schools	High	1,278	14.1:1
46	Horn Lake High School	Horn Lake, MS	DeSoto County School District	High	1,271	14.1:1
47	Strayhorn High School	Sarah, MS	Tate County School District	High	404	14.0:1
48	Saltillo High School	SALTILLO, MS	Lee County	High	939	14.0:1
49	Booneville High School	Booneville, MS	Booneville School District	High	370	14.0:1
50	Riverside High School	Avon, MS	Western Line Schools	High	320	14.0:1

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