Total enrollment
18,196
-188 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
28 schools in Rankin County School District
Mississippi · 18,196 students · 6 cities
Inside Rankin County School District (Mississippi), 28 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 18,196 students (around 650 per school).
4-year change in Rankin County School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
27
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Rankin County School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Mississippi | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #19 of 126 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 18,196 | #3 of 136 | #450 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 27 | #3 of 136 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #54 of 136 | #3,403 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 45.6% | #132 of 135 | #4,825 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #41 of 105 | #2,309 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Rankin County School District
State test results across the district's 27 scored schools run from Northshore Elementary at 86.9% proficient to Pelahatchie High School at 53.0%, a gap of 33.9 points. That is the 17th widest gap among 92 Mississippi districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Rankin County School District
Across 28 schools, Rankin County School District educates about 18,196 students in Mississippi. By footprint it is an average-sized district.
For a sense of the school types, Rankin County School District is built around 16 elementary, 3 middle, 8 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Rankin County School District runs about 650 students per school, 31% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 498.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment held roughly steady: 18,384 students in SY 2020-21 versus 18,196 in SY 2024-25.
On this page, the community for Rankin County School District discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.