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Enrollment
398
High
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALCORN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280039000020
Kossuth High School
15 CR 604, Corinth, MS 38834 · (662) 286-3653 · Alcorn County
GRADES 09–13HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- BBeats 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
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
183 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 114 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 97 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 108 | 27% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
64.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 84.1% |
% 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
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Kossuth High School
Kossuth High School's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kossuth High School this school | 398 | 46.0% | 73.5% |
| Pisgah High School Brandon | 482 | 41.9% | 69.3% |
| Mooreville High School MOOREVILLE | 445 | 43.8% | 67.4% |
| Poplarville High School POPLARVILLE | 540 | 49.6% | 84.5% |
| Clarkdale High School Meridian | 422 | 41.9% | 74.0% |
| Purvis High School Purvis | 614 | 49.8% | 72.4% |
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 Kossuth High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #32 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #31 of 199 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #26 of 199 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #133 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #98 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #175 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #173 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #40 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
398
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 398 | 31.3 | 12.7:1 | 46% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 30.6 | 13.5:1 | 50% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 29.3 | 13.9:1 | 99% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 26.3 | 17.4:1 | 45% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 41% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 50% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 678 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 44% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 662 | 39 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kossuth High School.
About Kossuth High School
Kossuth High School is a low-enrollment high school in Mississippi, with an address in Corinth. Grades offered run from 9 through 13, with 398 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in Mississippi average about 651 students.
Alcorn School District is the district for Kossuth High School. It has 8 schools and 3,226 students.
About 94% of the student body at Kossuth High School is White. Other students are 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Alcorn County residents are about 81% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Kossuth High School and a ratio of 12.7:1. For comparison, high schools in Mississippi average 12.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 46% of students. The gap from the 65% average for public schools in Alcorn County is 19 points.
The allk12 Grade for Kossuth High School is A-. Compared with Mississippi public high schools, the school scored higher than 79% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Kossuth High School is 2.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 73.5% actual, 71.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Mississippi.
Among Alcorn County residents, the median household income is $51,260, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kossuth High School is one of 13 public schools in the county.
Kossuth Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Kossuth High School, there are 2 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Kossuth High School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Kossuth High School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 391 to 398. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.0:1 in 2020-21, and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
The Kossuth High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Alcorn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,289
Census ACS
Median income
$51,260
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,626 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alcorn School District
- Kossuth Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Alcorn Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Alcorn Central High SchoolHigh · 386 students
- Kossuth Middle SchoolMiddle · 374 students
- Alcorn Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 371 students
- Biggersville ElementaryElementary · 354 students
Other schools in Corinth
- Corinth Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,071 students
- Corinth Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Corinth High SchoolHigh · 610 students
- Kossuth Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Kossuth Middle SchoolMiddle · 374 students
- Biggersville ElementaryElementary · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Kossuth Middle School0.1 mi · 374
- Kossuth Elementary School0.1 mi · 570
- Biggersville Elementary5.2 mi · 354
- Biggersville High School5.3 mi · 263
- Corinth Elementary School8.7 mi · 1,071
- Corinth Middle School8.7 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About Kossuth High SchoolHow many students attend Kossuth High School?
Kossuth High School enrolls approximately 398 students in grades 09-13.
What grades does Kossuth High School serve?
Kossuth High School serves grades 09-13.
How many students per teacher at Kossuth High School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Kossuth High School.
How diverse is Kossuth High School?
Kossuth High School reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Kossuth High School in?
Kossuth High School is part of Alcorn School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.