Enrollment
373
High
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COVINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280129000177
Collins High School
1208 S. DOGWOOD, COLLINS, MS 39428 · (601) 765-3203 · Covington County
GRADES 07–13HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Mississippi public high schools
- DTest 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
11.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
370 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 77 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 43 | 12% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Based on grade levels within Covington County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
40.7%
MS avg 52.8% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 40.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 36.5% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Collins High School
Collins High School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins High School this school | 373 | 99.2% | 37.4% |
| Leake County High School WALNUT GROVE | 266 | 99.6% | 42.7% |
| Moss Point High School MOSS POINT | 491 | 100.0% | 58.8% |
| Amanda Elzy High School Greenwood | 367 | 100.0% | 33.3% |
| Crystal Springs High School Crystal Springs | 397 | 99.7% | 42.7% |
| Leflore County High School ITTA BENA | 293 | 100.0% | 30.9% |
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 Collins High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #172 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #165 of 199 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #162 of 199 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #144 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #70 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #102 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #64 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.1% | #6 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
373
+138 (+59%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 373 | 31.3 | 11.9:1 | 99% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 32.6 | 13.0:1 | 100% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 24.2 | 10.0:1 | 100% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 14 | 16.8:1 | 99% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 19.4 | 14.1:1 | 95% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | 20 | 13.9:1 | 89% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 28 | 11.5:1 | 90% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 76% (395) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 28 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Collins High School.
About Collins High School
Collins High School is a small high school in COLLINS, Mississippi, administered by Covington County School District. The school runs grades 7 through 13 and enrolls 373 students. High schools in Mississippi have about 651 students on average; enrollment here is 43% lower.
Covington County School District has 7 schools and 2,492 students, and Collins High School is one of those schools.
The student body at Collins High School is 72% Black. The rest of enrollment is 14% White, 9% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Covington County, the Black share is about 35%. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Collins High School are from different groups.
Collins High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1, with 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Mississippi, 12.6:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at Collins High School. Public schools in Covington County average a similar 99%.
Among Mississippi public high schools, Collins High School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Collins High School is 7.1 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.4% actual, 44.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Mississippi.
For the population of Covington County, the median household earns about $45,051 a year, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 20%. Collins High School shares Covington County with 9 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Collins High School is closest to Collins Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number 5. The school's 37.4% average proficiency ranks 9th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Federal counts for Collins High School: 235 students in 2020-21, 373 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. By 2024-25, the school had 11.9 students per teacher, compared with 16.8 in 2020-21.
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Covington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,148
Census ACS
Median income
$45,051
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Covington County School District
- Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Seminary ElementaryElementary · 420 students
- Seminary HighHigh · 382 students
- Seminary MiddleMiddle · 365 students
- Mt. Olive Attendance CenterCombined · 282 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Other schools in COLLINS
- Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
- COVINGTON CO VOCATIONAL TECHNICALHigh
- COVINGTON COUNTY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLCombined
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- Collins Elementary School0.5 mi · 474
- Seminary Middle5.9 mi · 365
- Seminary High5.9 mi · 382
- Seminary Elementary5.9 mi · 420
- Hopewell Elementary School7.3 mi · 196
- Mt. Olive Attendance Center10.7 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Collins High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Collins High School?
Collins High School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades 07-13.
What age range does Collins High School serve?
Collins High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 13.
How many teachers does Collins High School have?
Collins High School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Collins High School?
Student demographics at Collins High School are roughly 14% White, 9% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Collins High School in?
Collins High School is part of Covington County School District.
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