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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383001333
Highland Bluff Elementary
5970 Highway 25, Brandon, MS 39047 · (601) 992-5168 · Rankin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
198 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
65.9%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
61.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.9% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 67.4% |
% 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Highland Bluff Elementary
Highland Bluff Elementary's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Bluff Elementary this school | 491 | 40.3% | 66.7% |
| Della Davidson Elementary School Oxford | 704 | 44.6% | 74.2% |
| DeSoto Central Primary School Southaven | 792 | 40.8% | 59.0% |
| Northwest Elementary Flowood | 477 | 37.1% | 75.5% |
| Center Hill Elementary School Olive Branch | 788 | 42.0% | 70.8% |
| Central Elementary School Oxford | 709 | 45.8% | 74.7% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary 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 Highland Bluff Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #115 of 428 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #138 of 439 ▼ 31 | #15 of 19 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #66 of 439 ▲ 27 | #11 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #149 of 453 | #13 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #91 of 408 | #6 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #51 of 409 | #7 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #427 of 444 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.6% | #18 of 296 | #1 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
491
-192 (-28%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 491 | 36.7 | 13.4:1 | 40% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 43.2 | 11.6:1 | 37% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 99% (574) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 100% (680) |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 40.1 | 19.6:1 | 29% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 39 | 19.3:1 | 27% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 32 | 21.2:1 | 25% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Bluff Elementary.
About Highland Bluff Elementary
Highland Bluff Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Brandon, Mississippi. The school enrolls 491 students in pre-K through 5.
Highland Bluff Elementary is in Rankin County School District, a district with 18,196 students across 27 schools.
White students account for 49% of enrollment at Highland Bluff Elementary, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 32% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 71% of Rankin County residents are White. The diversity index for Highland Bluff Elementary is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Highland Bluff Elementary reported 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.4:1. The school's 13.4:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for elementary schools in Mississippi. Roughly 40% of students at Highland Bluff Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 50% average for public schools in Rankin County.
On the allk12 Grade, Highland Bluff Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 52% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Highland Bluff Elementary is 7.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 66.7%. Predicted: 74.1%.
In the surrounding county, Rankin County, the median household earns about $79,357 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Highland Bluff Elementary, Rankin County has 34 public schools.
Northwest High School is the nearest public school to Highland Bluff Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 6. The nearest schools with test data average 74.5%, higher than Highland Bluff Elementary's 66.7%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 491, compared with 683 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 15.9 in 2020-21 to 13.4 in 2024-25.
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Rankin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,854
Census ACS
Median income
$79,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rankin County School District
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
Other schools in Brandon
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- StoneBridge ElementaryElementary · 742 students
- Oakdale ElementaryElementary · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest High School0.6 mi · 1,855
- Northwest Middle School1.0 mi · 1,352
- Northwest Elementary1.2 mi · 477
- Oakdale Elementary1.5 mi · 566
- Northshore Elementary2.1 mi · 539
- Flowood Elementary4.5 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Bluff ElementaryHow large is Highland Bluff Elementary?
Highland Bluff Elementary enrolls approximately 491 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Highland Bluff Elementary serve?
Highland Bluff Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Highland Bluff Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Highland Bluff Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Bluff Elementary?
At Highland Bluff Elementary, the student body is approximately 49% White, 6% Hispanic, 32% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Highland Bluff Elementary public or private?
Highland Bluff Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rankin County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.