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Enrollment
975
High
DISTRICT 949 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280219000390
Jim Hill High School
2185 Coach Fred Harris Street, Jackson, MS 39204 · (601) 960-5354 · Hinds County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL975 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- 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
11.4:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
974 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 | 238 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 263 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 249 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 225 | 23% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
32.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
55.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 55.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 57.1% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Jim Hill High School
Jim Hill High School's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hill High School this school | 975 | 99.9% | 44.6% |
| Callaway High School Jackson | 994 | 100.0% | 45.8% |
| Provine High School Jackson | 791 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| Lanier Junior/Senior High School Jackson | 895 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| Murrah High School Jackson | 1,259 | 99.9% | 47.1% |
| Meridian High School Meridian | 1,253 | 99.8% | 33.0% |
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 Jim Hill High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #140 of 192 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #119 of 199 ▼ 3 | #4 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #146 of 199 ▼ 26 | #6 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 975 | #43 of 203 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #53 of 192 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #182 of 192 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.9% | #42 of 194 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #88 of 121 | #6 of 7 |
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
975
+41 (+4%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 975 | 85.4 | 11.4:1 | 100% (974) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 67.9 | 12.9:1 | 100% (876) |
| 2022-23 | 908 | 73.3 | 12.4:1 | 100% (908) |
| 2020-21 | 934 | 71 | 13.2:1 | 100% (934) |
| 2017-18 | 1,024 | 71 | 14.4:1 | 100% (1,024) |
| 2015-16 | 1,293 | 73 | 17.7:1 | 100% (1,293) |
| 2010-11 | 1,223 | 79 | 15.5:1 | 83% (1,016) |
| 2000-01 | 1,019 | 71 | 14.3:1 | 81% (827) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 37 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jim Hill High School.
About Jim Hill High School
Jim Hill High School is a medium-sized high school. Its address is in Jackson, Mississippi. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 975 students. The average among high schools in Mississippi is roughly 651 students; this school is 50% larger than that.
Jim Hill High School is run by Jackson Public Schools, whose 45 schools enroll 19,765 students.
About 95% of the student body at Jim Hill High School is Black. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 72% Black among all Hinds County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.4:1, with 85.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Jim Hill High School is 100%. Compared with the 88% average for public schools in Hinds County, the school's rate is higher.
Jim Hill High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of Mississippi public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jim Hill High School falls in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools: 44.6% actual against 44.2% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hinds County, the median household income is $49,402, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. There are 84 public schools in Hinds County, enrolling about 32,870 students in all.
Isable Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Jim Hill High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Jim Hill High School is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
Jim Hill High School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The school enrolled 975 students in 2024-25, 41 more than the 934 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Public Schools
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Forest Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Forest Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
Nearby schools
- Isable Elementary School0.1 mi · 244
- Blackburn Middle School1.0 mi · 317
- LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 168
- Provine High School1.2 mi · 791
- Wilkins Elementary School1.4 mi · 434
- Clausell Elementary School1.5 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Jim Hill High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jim Hill High School?
Jim Hill High School enrolls approximately 975 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Jim Hill High School serve?
Jim Hill High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Jim Hill High School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Jim Hill High School.
How diverse is Jim Hill High School?
Jim Hill High School reports a student body of 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Jim Hill High School in?
Jim Hill High School is part of Jackson Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.