Enrollment
263
High
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALCORN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280039001152
Biggersville High School
571 Highway 45 S, CORINTH, MS 38834 · (662) 286-3542 · Alcorn County
GRADES 07–13HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Mississippi public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
181 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 7 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 24 | 9% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Alcorn School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
59.7%
MS avg 52.8% . -12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 59.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 72.2% |
% 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
58.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Biggersville High School
Biggersville High School's state test result (58.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggersville High School this school | 263 | 68.8% | 58.2% |
| Richton High School RICHTON | 281 | 61.6% | 60.5% |
| Booneville High School Booneville | 370 | 60.0% | 73.2% |
| New Site High School New Site | 239 | 68.2% | 77.5% |
| Raleigh High School RALEIGH | 486 | 72.4% | 60.6% |
| Pelahatchie High School Pelahatchie | 336 | 61.3% | 53.0% |
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 Biggersville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #98 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #109 of 199 ▼ 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #105 of 199 ▼ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #176 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #74 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #113 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #116 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.2% | #8 of 63 |
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
263
+33 (+14%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 284
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 263 | 21.9 | 12.0:1 | 69% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 21.4 | 12.0:1 | 67% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 21.3 | 11.8:1 | 99% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 22 | 10.4:1 | 99% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 202 | 21.2 | 9.5:1 | 77% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 210 | 21 | 10.0:1 | 63% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 19 | 12.9:1 | 73% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 173 | 21 | 8.2:1 | 45% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 284 | 22 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Biggersville High School.
About Biggersville High School
Biggersville High School is a low-enrollment high school located in CORINTH, Mississippi. Grades offered run from 7 through 13, with 263 students enrolled. The average among high schools in Mississippi is roughly 651 students; this school is 60% smaller than that.
Biggersville High School belongs to Alcorn School District, a district of 8 schools and 3,226 students.
Biggersville High School is 74% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 17% Black and 8% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.0 students per teacher. That is close to the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 69%.
Biggersville High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of Mississippi public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Biggersville High School scores 58.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 59.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Alcorn County show that the median household income is $51,260, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 13 public schools in Alcorn County, enrolling about 5,626 students in all.
The school nearest to Biggersville High School is Biggersville Elementary, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.3%; Biggersville High School's is 58.2%, ranking 5th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The school enrolled 263 students in 2024-25, 33 more than the 230 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.4:1 to 12.0:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Alcorn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,289
Census ACS
Median income
$51,260
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,626 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alcorn School District
- Kossuth Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Alcorn Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Kossuth High SchoolHigh · 398 students
- Alcorn Central High SchoolHigh · 386 students
- Kossuth Middle SchoolMiddle · 374 students
- Alcorn Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 371 students
Other schools in CORINTH
- Corinth Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,071 students
- Corinth Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Corinth High SchoolHigh · 610 students
- Kossuth Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Kossuth High SchoolHigh · 398 students
- Kossuth Middle SchoolMiddle · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Biggersville Elementary0.1 mi · 354
- Kossuth Elementary School5.2 mi · 570
- Kossuth High School5.3 mi · 398
- Kossuth Middle School5.3 mi · 374
- Corinth Elementary School6.7 mi · 1,071
- Corinth Middle School7.7 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About Biggersville High SchoolHow large is Biggersville High School?
Biggersville High School enrolls approximately 263 students in grades 07-13.
What age range does Biggersville High School serve?
Biggersville High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Biggersville High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Biggersville High School is approximately 12.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Biggersville High School?
Student demographics at Biggersville High School are roughly 74% White, 1% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Biggersville High School public or private?
Biggersville High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alcorn School District.
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