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What's something BYHALIA HIGH SCHOOL (9-12) does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
428
High
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280285000548
Byhalia High School
278 Highway 309 North, BYHALIA, MS 38611 · (662) 838-2206 · Marshall County
GRADES 09–13HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- A-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
12.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
425 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 9 | 104 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 107 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 121 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 95 | 22% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
40.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 57.9% |
% 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
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Byhalia High School
Byhalia High School's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byhalia High School this school | 428 | 99.3% | 54.7% |
| H. W. Byers High School HOLLY SPRINGS | 362 | 99.2% | 43.2% |
| Leake Central High School CARTHAGE | 592 | 100.0% | 38.3% |
| Morton High School MORTON | 476 | 99.4% | 46.5% |
| Laurel High School LAUREL | 732 | 99.9% | 45.9% |
| Canton High School Canton | 899 | 100.0% | 44.4% |
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 Byhalia High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #108 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #126 of 199 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #114 of 199 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #126 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #101 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #22 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #60 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #46 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
428
+44 (+11%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 428 | 33.4 | 12.8:1 | 99% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 34.3 | 12.8:1 | 100% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 30.9 | 15.5:1 | 100% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 31 | 12.4:1 | 99% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 31.9 | 15.2:1 | 88% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 29 | 17.8:1 | 90% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 90% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 84% (321) |
| 1990-91 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Byhalia High School.
About Byhalia High School
Byhalia High School is a low-enrollment high school that serves part of BYHALIA, Mississippi. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 13, with 428 students on the rolls. On average, high schools in Mississippi enroll around 651, and this school is 34% below that mark.
Byhalia High School reports to Marshall County School District, which has 8 schools and 2,769 students.
Of every 100 students at Byhalia High School, about 52 are Black. Other reported shares: 28% Hispanic, 16% White, and 4% multiracial. Marshall County's residents are about 43% Black, 9 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Byhalia High School scores 63%.
Byhalia High School has 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. That is in line with the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. At Byhalia High School, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Marshall County is close, at 97%.
Byhalia High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Mississippi public high schools.
Byhalia High School is 10.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.7% versus 44.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
For Marshall County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $53,458 a year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Marshall County number 15, with about 3,762 students.
Byhalia Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Byhalia High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Byhalia High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Byhalia High School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 428, from 384 in 2020-21.
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Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,979
Census ACS
Median income
$53,458
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,762 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marshall County School District
- Byhalia Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Byhalia Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- H. W. Byers High SchoolHigh · 362 students
- Potts Camp High SchoolHigh · 356 students
- Mary Reid SchoolElementary · 270 students
- H. W. Byers ElementaryElementary · 262 students
Other schools in BYHALIA
- Byhalia Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Byhalia Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
Nearby schools
- Byhalia Elementary School0.2 mi · 515
- Byhalia Middle School0.2 mi · 438
- Center Hill Elementary School4.5 mi · 788
- Center Hill High School8.3 mi · 1,059
- Overpark Elementary School8.5 mi · 635
- Center Hill Middle School8.6 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Byhalia High SchoolHow large is Byhalia High School?
Byhalia High School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Byhalia High School serve?
Byhalia High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Byhalia High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Byhalia High School is approximately 12.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Byhalia High School?
At Byhalia High School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 28% Hispanic, 52% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Byhalia High School public or private?
Byhalia High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marshall County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.