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Enrollment
640
High
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWNDES COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280273001125
Caledonia High School
111 CONFEDERATE DRIVE, CALEDONIA, MS 39740 · (662) 356-2001 · Lowndes County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Mississippi public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
271 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 192 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 163 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 163 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 122 | 19% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
72.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.1% | 86.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Caledonia High School
Caledonia High School's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia High School this school | 640 | 42.3% | 79.5% |
| Florence High School Florence | 718 | 39.8% | 68.5% |
| West Lauderdale High School Collinsville | 535 | 36.8% | 74.9% |
| Lafayette High School Oxford | 855 | 46.1% | 69.7% |
| Clarkdale High School Meridian | 422 | 41.9% | 74.0% |
| Mooreville High School MOOREVILLE | 445 | 43.8% | 67.4% |
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 Caledonia High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #12 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #14 of 199 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #4 of 199 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #73 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #94 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #104 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #177 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #26 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
640
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 640 | 50.7 | 12.6:1 | 42% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 44.1 | 14.5:1 | 43% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 43.6 | 14.9:1 | 100% (649) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 100% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 39.2 | 14.7:1 | 33% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 42% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 44% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 50% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 18 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caledonia High School.
About Caledonia High School
Federal records list Caledonia High School as a high school in CALEDONIA, Mississippi. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 640 students on the rolls.
The district, Lowndes County School District, has 5,261 students enrolled across 8 schools.
At Caledonia High School, 72% of students are White. Smaller groups are 16% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lowndes County is roughly 49% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Caledonia High School scores 45%.
There are 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Caledonia High School, giving a ratio of 12.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. By family income, 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Lowndes County report 75%.
Among Mississippi public high schools, Caledonia High School outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Caledonia High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 79.5%, compared with a predicted 73.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Lowndes County, the median household earns about $53,812 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Lowndes County has 20 public schools with about 8,512 students, including Caledonia High School.
Among nearby public schools, Caledonia Middle School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The nearest schools with test data average 51.8%, lower than Caledonia High School's 79.5%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 640, up from 620 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 16.3 in 2020-21 to 12.6 in 2024-25.
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Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,838
Census ACS
Median income
$53,812
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,512 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowndes County School District
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 1,191 students
- Caledonia ElementaryElementary · 1,070 students
- New Hope High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- New Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Caledonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- West Lowndes ElementaryElementary · 276 students
Other schools in CALEDONIA
- Caledonia ElementaryElementary · 1,070 students
- Caledonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
Other Caledonia High schools
One other US public school is named Caledonia High. Caledonia High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Caledonia High SchoolCALEDONIA, MI · 1,438 students
Nearby schools
- Caledonia Middle School0.1 mi · 487
- Caledonia Elementary0.3 mi · 1,070
- Hamilton School6.4 mi · 557
- Columbus Middle School10.2 mi · 597
- Sale Elementary School12.2 mi · 290
- Cook Elementary School12.3 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Caledonia High SchoolHow large is Caledonia High School?
Caledonia High School enrolls approximately 640 students in grades 09-12.
Is Caledonia High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Caledonia High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Caledonia High School have?
Caledonia High School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Caledonia High School?
Student demographics at Caledonia High School are roughly 72% White, 6% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Caledonia High School public or private?
Caledonia High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lowndes County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.