Enrollment
295
Combined
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH TIPPAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280411000775
Blue Mountain High School
408 W. Mill Street, Blue Mountain, MS 38610 · (662) 685-4706 · Tippah County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
272 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 13 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
52.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.5% | 58.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 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 Blue Mountain High School
Blue Mountain High School's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain High School this school | 295 | 92.2% | 67.8% |
| Jumpertown School Booneville | 305 | 86.6% | 62.0% |
| Scott Central Attendance Center FOREST | 856 | 99.6% | 53.9% |
| Houlka Attendance Center HOULKA | 457 | 72.9% | 56.8% |
| Sebastopol Attendance Center SEBASTOPOL | 684 | 99.6% | 70.4% |
| Wesson Attendance Center Wesson | 833 | 100.0% | 70.1% |
Matched among Mississippi K-12 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 Blue Mountain High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #11 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #18 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #15 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #28 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #5 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #1 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #6 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #15 of 20 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
295
-28 (-9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 295 | 31.6 | 9.3:1 | 92% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 34.6 | 8.8:1 | 86% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 36 | 9.1:1 | 99% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 35 | 9.2:1 | 99% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 87% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 31 | 11.2:1 | 87% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 28 | 10.3:1 | 92% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 53% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Mountain High School.
About Blue Mountain High School
Blue Mountain High School is a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels found in Blue Mountain, Mississippi. The school enrolls 295 students in pre-K through 12. On average, combined schools in Mississippi enroll around 527, and this school is 44% below that mark.
South Tippah School District has 2,403 students spread across 5 schools.
About 44% of students at Blue Mountain High School are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 25% Black, 16% multiracial, and 15% Hispanic. Among all residents of Tippah County, the White share is about 76%. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at Blue Mountain High School are from different groups.
Blue Mountain High School reported 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.3:1. The school's 9.3:1 compares with an average of 11.8:1 for combined schools in Mississippi. Roughly 92% of students at Blue Mountain High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 79% average among public schools in Tippah County.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Blue Mountain High School is among the top 10% of schools in Mississippi. Predicted: 48.0%. Actual: 67.8%.
The county, Tippah County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $52,542 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Blue Mountain High School, Tippah County has 9 public schools.
The closest school to Blue Mountain High School is Ripley High School, located about 6.3 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside ten miles. Blue Mountain High School ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 67.8% against a local average of 68.1%.
In the federal locale system, Blue Mountain High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Blue Mountain High School had a net loss of 28 students, or 9%.
Blue Mountain High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tippah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,523
Census ACS
Median income
$52,542
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,623 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Tippah School District
- Ripley Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Pine Grove High SchoolCombined · 573 students
- Ripley High SchoolHigh · 465 students
- Ripley Middle SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- NORTH SOUTH TIPPAH VOC TECH CENTERHigh
Other Blue Mountain High schools
One other US public school is named Blue Mountain High. Blue Mountain High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Blue Mountain High SchoolSchuylkill Haven, PA · 791 students
Nearby schools
- Ripley High School6.3 mi · 465
- Ripley Middle School6.3 mi · 459
- Ripley Elementary School6.4 mi · 611
- Myrtle Attendance Center9.2 mi · 698
- Hickory Flat Att Center9.8 mi · 435
- New Albany Elementary School10.6 mi · 1,074
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Mountain High SchoolHow large is Blue Mountain High School?
Blue Mountain High School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Blue Mountain High School serve?
Blue Mountain High School serves grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Blue Mountain High School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Blue Mountain High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blue Mountain High School?
At Blue Mountain High School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 15% Hispanic, 25% Black, 16% Two or more.
Is Blue Mountain High School public or private?
Blue Mountain High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Tippah School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.