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Enrollment
1,529
High
DISTRICT 1,390 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000187
Hernando High School
805 DILWORTH LANE, HERNANDO, MS 38632 · (662) 429-4170 · DeSoto County
GRADES 09–13HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,529 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Mississippi public high schools
- A+Test 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
17.1:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
351 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 403 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 410 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 363 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 349 | 23% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
70.1%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
91.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.1% | 91.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 90.0% |
% 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
82.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Hernando High School
Hernando High School's state test result (82.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hernando High School this school | 1,529 | 23.0% | 82.7% |
| Lewisburg High School Olive Branch | 1,330 | 18.3% | 83.3% |
| Sumrall High School Sumrall | 616 | 28.7% | 77.9% |
| Brandon High School Brandon | 1,609 | 35.7% | 72.2% |
| Ocean Springs High School Ocean Springs | 1,928 | 35.5% | 84.6% |
| Florence High School Florence | 718 | 39.8% | 68.5% |
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 Hernando High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #5 of 192 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.4% | #6 of 199 ▼ 1 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #9 of 199 ▲ 11 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,529 | #11 of 203 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #182 of 192 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #108 of 192 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #191 of 194 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.4% | #9 of 63 | #1 of 6 |
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
1,529
+189 (+14%) vs 2020
+131% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 1,529 | 89.2 | 17.1:1 | 23% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 1,482 | 80.4 | 18.4:1 | 21% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 1,419 | 76.5 | 18.6:1 | 100% (1,416) |
| 2020-21 | 1,340 | 71 | 18.9:1 | 100% (1,337) |
| 2017-18 | 1,200 | 66.5 | 18.0:1 | 29% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 1,192 | 68 | 17.5:1 | 33% (389) |
| 2010-11 | 1,013 | 58 | 17.5:1 | 34% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 909 | 49 | 18.6:1 | 28% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 40 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hernando High School.
About Hernando High School
Hernando High School is a large high school in HERNANDO, Mississippi, one of the schools in DeSoto County School District. Enrollment stands at 1,529 students, covering grades 9 through 13. That puts enrollment 135% above the 651-student average for high schools in Mississippi.
DeSoto County School District has 34,934 students in 39 schools, and Hernando High School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Hernando High School is White: 74%. Next come 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 57% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hernando High School scores 43%.
The school lists 89.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. The average for high schools in Mississippi, 12.6:1, is lower. A total of 351 students, or 23%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in DeSoto County is 49%.
Among Mississippi public high schools, Hernando High School outscored 83%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Mississippi schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hernando High School's results are within a point of predicted: 82.7% against 82.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for DeSoto County show that median household income comes to about $85,297, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 43, with about 34,934 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Hernando High School from the closest public school, Hernando Middle School. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 74.8%; Hernando High School's is 82.7%, ranking 1st of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Hernando High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Hernando High School enrolled 1,340 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 1,529. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.9:1 to 17.1:1.
Hernando High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
- Horn Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
Other schools in HERNANDO
- Hernando Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,183 students
- Lewisburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
- Hernando Hills ElementaryElementary · 770 students
- Oak Grove Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Hernando Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
- DESOTO COUNTY ALTERNATIVE CENTERCombined
Other Hernando High schools
One other US public school is named Hernando High. Hernando High School is the largest of the 2.
- HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOLBROOKSVILLE, FL · 1,299 students
Nearby schools
- Hernando Middle School0.2 mi · 1,183
- Hernando Elementary School0.4 mi · 707
- Hernando Hills Elementary1.6 mi · 770
- Oak Grove Central Elementary School2.1 mi · 744
- DeSoto Central Primary School5.8 mi · 792
- Lewisburg Intermediate School6.5 mi · 606
Frequently asked questions
About Hernando High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hernando High School?
Hernando High School enrolls approximately 1,529 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Hernando High School serve?
Hernando High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many students per teacher at Hernando High School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Hernando High School.
How diverse is Hernando High School?
Hernando High School reports a student body of 74% White, 10% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hernando High School?
Hernando High School is overseen by DeSoto County School District in DeSoto County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.