Enrollment
212
High
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280060000049
Ashland High School
17 School Street, Ashland, MS 38603 · (662) 224-6247 · Benton County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
187 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Benton County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2023-24 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
27.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.5pp since 2022
Math
16.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -9.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
212
+28 (+15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.0:1
% White
12%
was 9%
% Hispanic
8%
was 6%
% Black
74%
was 84%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Ashland High School
Set in Ashland, Mississippi, Ashland High School is a very small high school, run under Benton County School District. It teaches 212 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 651 students each, so Ashland High School sits 67% smaller than that benchmark.
Benton County School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 909 students; Ashland High School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Ashland High School shows that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 12% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at Ashland High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Ashland High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.7%; this one comes in at 39.8%, -12.9 points off the demographic line.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Benton County) records that median household earnings sit near $46,016, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Ashland High School is one of 4 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 909 students).
Nearest neighbor: Ashland Elementary School, around 1.7 miles off. On composite proficiency, Ashland High School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.4%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ashland High School has edged up 15%, going from 184 students in 2018 to 212 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 84% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,589
Census ACS
Median income
$46,016
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Benton County School District
- Hickory Flat Att CenterCombined · 435 students
- Ashland Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- BENTON CO REGIONAL VOCATIONAL CENHigh
Other schools in Ashland
- Ashland Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- BENTON CO REGIONAL VOCATIONAL CENHigh
Nearby schools
- Ashland Elementary School1.7 mi · 262
- Falkner Attendance Center13.6 mi · 476
- Grand Junction Elementary14.1 mi · 162
- Blue Mountain High School14.2 mi · 295
- Ripley Elementary School14.3 mi · 611
- Mary Reid School14.9 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Ashland High SchoolHow large is Ashland High School?
Ashland High School enrolls approximately 212 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Ashland High School serve?
Ashland High School serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Ashland High School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Ashland High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ashland High School?
At Ashland High School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 8% Hispanic, 74% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Ashland High School public or private?
Ashland High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Benton County School District.
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