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What advice would you give to incoming students at CRYSTAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
397
High
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COPIAH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280122000168
Crystal Springs High School
201 Newton Street, Crystal Springs, MS 39059 · (601) 892-4791 · Copiah County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- 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
14.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
396 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 101 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 96 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 98 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 102 | 26% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Copiah County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
52.4%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.6% | 52.4% |
| 2023-24 | 30.5% | 53.0% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Crystal Springs High School
Crystal Springs High School's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Springs High School this school | 397 | 99.7% | 42.7% |
| Moss Point High School MOSS POINT | 491 | 100.0% | 58.8% |
| Amanda Elzy High School Greenwood | 367 | 100.0% | 33.3% |
| Collins High School COLLINS | 373 | 99.2% | 37.4% |
| Leflore County High School ITTA BENA | 293 | 100.0% | 30.9% |
| Leake County High School WALNUT GROVE | 266 | 99.6% | 42.7% |
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 Crystal Springs High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #148 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #133 of 199 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #141 of 199 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #135 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #155 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #74 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #48 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #34 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
397
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 397 | 27.4 | 14.5:1 | 100% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 25.3 | 15.9:1 | 100% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 29.4 | 15.3:1 | 100% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 100% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 26.5 | 17.4:1 | 100% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 100% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 86% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 75% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crystal Springs High School.
About Crystal Springs High School
Crystal Springs High School is a low-enrollment high school in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. It has an enrollment of 397 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Mississippi average about 651 students, which makes this school 39% below average.
Crystal Springs High School is run by Copiah County School District, whose 4 schools enroll 2,077 students.
Federal enrollment data show Crystal Springs High School is 66% Black. The next largest groups are 17% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 5% White. The school's Black share is 15 points above the 51% share among Copiah County residents. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Crystal Springs High School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Crystal Springs High School, there are about 14.5 students; the school has 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Mississippi is 12.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 396 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. Public schools in Copiah County average a similar 100%.
On the allk12 Grade, Crystal Springs High School lands at C, ahead of 26% of Mississippi public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Crystal Springs High School falls in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools: 42.7% actual against 44.2% predicted.
Census data for Copiah County show median household income comes to about $49,089, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county has 7 public schools and about 3,397 students.
Of the public schools around it, Crystal Springs High School is closest to Crystal Springs Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, Crystal Springs High School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Crystal Springs High School enrolled 415 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 397. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.5:1.
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Copiah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,855
Census ACS
Median income
$49,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Copiah County School District
- Wesson Attendance CenterCombined · 833 students
- Crystal Springs ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Crystal Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 365 students
Other schools in Crystal Springs
- Crystal Springs ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Crystal Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Crystal Springs Elementary0.1 mi · 482
- Crystal Springs Middle School1.3 mi · 365
- Terry High School8.2 mi · 1,127
- Hazlehurst High School8.9 mi · 385
- Hazlehurst Elementary9.4 mi · 643
- Hazlehurst Middle School9.4 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Crystal Springs High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Crystal Springs High School?
Crystal Springs High School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Crystal Springs High School serve?
Crystal Springs High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Crystal Springs High School have?
Crystal Springs High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Crystal Springs High School?
Student demographics at Crystal Springs High School are roughly 5% White, 12% Hispanic, 66% Black, 17% Two or more.
What district is Crystal Springs High School in?
Crystal Springs High School is part of Copiah County School District.
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