Enrollment
288
High
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280195000335
Holly Springs High School
165 North Walthall, Holly Springs, MS 38635 · (662) 252-4371 · Marshall County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- DBeats 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
12.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
242 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 76 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 70 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 80 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 62 | 22% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Holly Springs School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 47.9% |
% 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Holly Springs High School
Holly Springs High School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs High School this school | 288 | 84.0% | 41.7% |
| Velma Jackson High School Camden | 224 | 90.6% | 57.0% |
| Bay Springs High School BAY SPRINGS | 241 | 94.2% | 41.9% |
| Newton High School Newton | 237 | 79.3% | 56.2% |
| Ashland High School Ashland | 212 | 88.2% | 35.9% |
| West Bolivar High School ROSEDALE | 227 | 98.7% | 38.1% |
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 Holly Springs High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #155 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #158 of 199 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #183 of 199 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #169 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #96 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #178 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #93 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #12 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
288
-17 (-6%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 288 | 22.8 | 12.7:1 | 84% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 14.4 | 21.6:1 | 100% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 18.6 | 16.1:1 | 100% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 99% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 21.7 | 19.0:1 | 96% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 23 | 19.9:1 | 95% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 92% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 91% (485) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 23 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holly Springs High School.
About Holly Springs High School
The public high school Holly Springs High School is located in Holly Springs, Mississippi. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 288 students enrolled. It has 56% fewer students than the average for high schools in Mississippi (about 651).
Holly Springs High School is run by Holly Springs School District, whose 4 schools enroll 993 students.
The share of students at Holly Springs High School who are Black is 95%. Enrollment also includes 3% Hispanic. Among people living in Marshall County, the Black share is about 43%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 10, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. The average for high schools in Mississippi is about 12.6:1. At Holly Springs High School, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 97% average among public schools in Marshall County.
Holly Springs High School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Mississippi public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 52.1%.
In Marshall County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $53,458 a year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Marshall County number 15, with about 3,762 students.
Holly Springs Junior High School is the nearest public school to Holly Springs High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Holly Springs High School, there are 3 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 41.7% is below the 43.2% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.9:1 to 12.7:1 over the same years.
Holly Springs High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,979
Census ACS
Median income
$53,458
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,762 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Holly Springs School District
- Holly Springs Primary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- Holly Springs Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 228 students
- Holly Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 145 students
- HOLLY SPRINGS CAREER & TECH CENTERHigh
Other schools in Holly Springs
- H. W. Byers High SchoolHigh · 362 students
- Holly Springs Primary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- H. W. Byers ElementaryElementary · 262 students
- Holly Springs Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 228 students
- Holly Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 145 students
- Galena SchoolElementary · 138 students
Other Holly Springs High schools
One other US public school is named Holly Springs High. Holly Springs High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Holly Springs HighHolly Springs, NC · 2,018 students
Nearby schools
- Holly Springs Junior High School0.1 mi · 145
- Holly Springs Primary School0.6 mi · 332
- Holly Springs Intermediate School0.8 mi · 228
- Galena School10.6 mi · 138
- Mary Reid School11.3 mi · 270
- Potts Camp High School11.8 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Holly Springs High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Holly Springs High School?
Holly Springs High School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Holly Springs High School serve?
Holly Springs High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holly Springs High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holly Springs High School is approximately 12.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holly Springs High School?
At Holly Springs High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Holly Springs High School in?
Holly Springs High School is part of Holly Springs School District.
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