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What's something HATTIESBURG HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,014
High
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HATTIESBURG·NCES 280180000310
Hattiesburg High School
301 HUTCHINSON AVE, HATTIESBURG, MS 39401 · (601) 544-0811 · Forrest County
GRADES 09–13HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,014 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Mississippi public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.2:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,013 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 | 248 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 266 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 245 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 250 | 25% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 Hattiesburg. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
66.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 64.4% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Hattiesburg High School
Hattiesburg High School's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hattiesburg High School this school | 1,014 | 99.9% | 57.2% |
| Forest Hill High School Jackson | 1,139 | 100.0% | 37.5% |
| Meridian High School Meridian | 1,253 | 99.8% | 33.0% |
| Jim Hill High School Jackson | 975 | 99.9% | 44.6% |
| Callaway High School Jackson | 994 | 100.0% | 45.8% |
| Provine High School Jackson | 791 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
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 Hattiesburg High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #101 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #83 of 199 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #100 of 199 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,014 | #38 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #79 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #147 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.9% | #41 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #118 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
1,014
+78 (+8%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 994
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 1,014 | 83 | 12.2:1 | 100% (1,013) |
| 2023-24 | 988 | 78.6 | 12.6:1 | 100% (988) |
| 2022-23 | 964 | 78.5 | 12.3:1 | 100% (964) |
| 2020-21 | 936 | 74 | 12.7:1 | 100% (936) |
| 2017-18 | 1,024 | 76.7 | 13.3:1 | 100% (1,024) |
| 2015-16 | 1,121 | 85 | 13.2:1 | 100% (1,121) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 72 | 12.4:1 | 87% (778) |
| 2000-01 | 954 | 75 | 12.7:1 | 77% (733) |
| 1990-91 | 994 | 59 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hattiesburg High School.
About Hattiesburg High School
At 301 HUTCHINSON AVE in HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Hattiesburg High School operates as a large high school. It reported 1,014 students in grades 9 through 13 in 2024-25. High schools in Mississippi have about 651 students on average; enrollment here is 56% higher.
Hattiesburg High School reports to Hattiesburg, which has 8 schools and 3,918 students.
Black students are 86% of those enrolled at Hattiesburg High School. Next come 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 36% Black among all Forrest County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
Based on 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hattiesburg High School has a ratio of 12.2:1. It is about the same as the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Forrest County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Mississippi public high schools, Hattiesburg High School outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Hattiesburg High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.2% is 13.1 points above the 44.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Forrest County, the median household earns about $53,640 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Forrest County has 21 public schools with about 10,857 students, including Hattiesburg High School.
Hattiesburg High School's closest public school neighbor is Hawkins Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Hattiesburg High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hattiesburg High School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
The school grew from 936 students in 2020-21 to 1,014 in 2024-25.
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Forrest County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,272
Census ACS
Median income
$53,640
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
10,857 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hattiesburg
- Thames ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- N R Burger MiddleMiddle · 525 students
- Rowan ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- Woodley ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Grace Christian ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Hawkins ElementaryElementary · 283 students
Other schools in HATTIESBURG
- Oak Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Bellevue ElementaryElementary · 1,145 students
- Longleaf ElementaryElementary · 787 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 758 students
- Thames ElementaryElementary · 619 students
Nearby schools
- Hawkins Elementary0.8 mi · 283
- Woodley Elementary0.9 mi · 422
- Grace Christian Elementary1.0 mi · 367
- Rowan Elementary1.6 mi · 425
- Thames Elementary2.0 mi · 619
- Hattiesburg STEAM Academy2.4 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Hattiesburg High SchoolHow many students attend Hattiesburg High School?
Hattiesburg High School enrolls approximately 1,014 students in grades 09-13.
Is Hattiesburg High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hattiesburg High School is a high school covering grades 09-13.
How many students per teacher at Hattiesburg High School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Hattiesburg High School.
What is the student diversity at Hattiesburg High School?
Student demographics at Hattiesburg High School are roughly 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hattiesburg High School in?
Hattiesburg High School is part of Hattiesburg.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.