Enrollment
284
High
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMITE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280042000027
Amite County High School
600 Irene St, LIBERTY, MS 39645 · (601) 657-8920 · Amite County
GRADES 09–13HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Mississippi public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
284 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 67 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 69 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 75 | 26% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
23.2%
MS avg 45.9% . -10.7pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -17.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 18 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.2% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 62.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amite County High School
Amite County High School's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amite County High School this school | 284 | 100.0% | 49.7% |
| Philadelphia High School Philadelphia | 327 | 100.0% | 42.3% |
| Coahoma County High School CLARKSDALE | 345 | 100.0% | 43.1% |
| Jefferson Davis County High School BASSFIELD | 368 | 99.2% | 51.8% |
| EAST MARION HIGH SCHOOL Columbia | 216 | 98.6% | 53.6% |
| North Panola High School SARDIS | 329 | 99.1% | 36.6% |
Matched among Mississippi high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amite County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #119 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #155 of 199 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #184 of 199 ▼ 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #170 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #15 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #129 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #9 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.2% | #6 of 121 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
284
-132 (-32%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 284 | 30 | 9.5:1 | 100% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 24.4 | 11.1:1 | 100% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 22 | 11.6:1 | 100% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 36 | 11.6:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 37.2 | 12.0:1 | 100% (445) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 35 | 13.3:1 | 89% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 91% (390) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 33 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amite County High School.
About Amite County High School
Amite County High School is a low-enrollment high school with an address in LIBERTY, Mississippi. The school runs grades 9 through 13 and enrolls 284 students. That compares with an average of about 651 students for high schools in Mississippi.
Amite County School District operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 914 students.
The share of students at Amite County High School who are Black is 80%. Other students are 12% White and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Amite County residents are about 40% Black. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Amite County High School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Amite County High School totals 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.5:1. The average for high schools in Mississippi, 12.6:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Amite County High School is about 100%. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Amite County.
Among Mississippi public high schools, Amite County High School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Amite County High School is 5.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.7% actual, 44.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Mississippi.
American Community Survey estimates for Amite County show that the median household earns about $37,222 a year, about 11% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Across Amite County, 4 public schools serve about 914 students.
Amite County Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.8%; Amite County High School's is 49.7%, ranking 2nd of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 32%, from 416 to 284. Students per teacher dropped from 11.6 in 2020-21 to 9.5 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Amite County High School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Amite County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,565
Census ACS
Median income
$37,222
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
914 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Amite County School District
- Amite County ElementaryElementary · 486 students
- Amite County Middle SchoolMiddle · 144 students
- AMITE COUNTY VOC COMPLEXHigh
Other schools in LIBERTY
- Amite County ElementaryElementary · 486 students
- Amite County Middle SchoolMiddle · 144 students
- AMITE COUNTY VOC COMPLEXHigh
Nearby schools
- Amite County Middle School0.0 mi · 144
- Amite County Elementary0.8 mi · 486
- William Winans Middle School16.2 mi · 160
- South Pike High School19.9 mi · 425
- South Pike Junior High19.9 mi · 241
- Otken Elementary School20.3 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Amite County High SchoolHow large is Amite County High School?
Amite County High School enrolls approximately 284 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Amite County High School serve?
Amite County High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many students per teacher at Amite County High School?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at Amite County High School.
What is the student diversity at Amite County High School?
Student demographics at Amite County High School are roughly 12% White, 1% Hispanic, 80% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Amite County High School in?
Amite County High School is part of Amite County School District.
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