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What's one thing BRUCE HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
435
High
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALHOUN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280087000097
Bruce High School
430 East Countiss Street, BRUCE, MS 38915 · (662) 983-3350 · Calhoun County
GRADES 05–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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
10.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
295 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 5 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 52 | 12% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
45.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
49.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 55.8% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 Bruce High School
Bruce High School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce High School this school | 435 | 67.8% | 59.2% |
| Strayhorn High School Sarah | 404 | 68.3% | 48.1% |
| Amory High School Amory | 444 | 62.2% | 67.1% |
| Houston High School Houston | 529 | 64.7% | 65.5% |
| McLaurin High School Florence | 481 | 73.4% | 62.7% |
| Southeast Lauderdale High School Meridian | 367 | 58.3% | 64.2% |
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 Bruce High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #94 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #146 of 199 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #94 of 199 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #125 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #21 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #68 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #119 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.6% | #17 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
435
-90 (-17%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 435 | 43.1 | 10.1:1 | 68% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 38.8 | 11.4:1 | 63% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 40.5 | 11.3:1 | 99% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 99% (522) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 22.9 | 16.7:1 | 71% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 73% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 21 | 21.8:1 | 74% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 313 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 70% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 21 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bruce High School.
About Bruce High School
Bruce High School is a high school with a street address in BRUCE, Mississippi. It serves 435 students in grades 5 through 12. The average among high schools in Mississippi is roughly 651 students; this school is 33% smaller than that.
The district, Calhoun County School District, operates 5 schools serving 1,989 students.
Roughly 61% of students at Bruce High School are White. The rest of enrollment is 29% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 64% White share among all Calhoun County residents. Bruce High School's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
Bruce High School employs 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. Bruce High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 68%. That is lower than the 76% average for public schools in Calhoun County.
Measured against Mississippi public high schools, Bruce High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bruce High School falls in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools: 59.2% actual against 60.3% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Calhoun County show that the median household income is $43,125, about 12% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Besides Bruce High School, Calhoun County has 7 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Bruce Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Bruce High School has 3 other public schools within ten miles. Local comparison: Bruce High School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 59.2% versus a 53.6% average.
NCES assigns Bruce High School the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school enrolled 435 students in 2024-25, 90 fewer than the 525 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.1:1) than in 2020-21 (13.5:1).
The Bruce High School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Calhoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,922
Census ACS
Median income
$43,125
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,989 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calhoun County School District
- Vardaman Attendance CenterCombined · 624 students
- Calhoun City High SchoolHigh · 379 students
- Bruce ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Calhoun City ElementaryElementary · 235 students
- CALHOUN CO CAREER & TECH CTRHigh
- VARDAMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined
Other Bruce High schools
One other US public school is named Bruce High. Bruce High School is the largest of the 2.
- Bruce HighBruce, WI · 116 students
Nearby schools
- Bruce Elementary0.3 mi · 316
- Calhoun City Elementary9.4 mi · 235
- Calhoun City High School9.5 mi · 379
- Vardaman Attendance Center12.5 mi · 624
- Houlka Attendance Center18.8 mi · 457
- Coffeeville High School19.3 mi · 110
Frequently asked questions
About Bruce High SchoolHow large is Bruce High School?
Bruce High School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades 05-12.
What age range does Bruce High School serve?
Bruce High School serves students from grade 05 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bruce High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bruce High School is approximately 10.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bruce High School?
At Bruce High School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 7% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Bruce High School public or private?
Bruce High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Calhoun County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.