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Enrollment
991
High
DISTRICT 1,390 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132001357
Lake Cormorant High School
10201 Starlanding Rd, Lake Cormorant, MS 38641 · (662) 996-3060 · DeSoto County
GRADES 09–13HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL991 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Mississippi public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
605 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 | 254 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 265 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 243 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 222 | 22% |
Student demographics
64%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
41.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -15.5pp since 2023
Math
70.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 70.0% |
% 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
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Lake Cormorant High School
Lake Cormorant High School's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Cormorant High School this school | 991 | 61.0% | 62.8% |
| Pearl High School PEARL | 1,278 | 58.0% | 66.9% |
| Olive Branch High School Olive Branch | 1,058 | 51.6% | 73.2% |
| Corinth High School CORINTH | 610 | 56.7% | 26.7% |
| Horn Lake High School Horn Lake | 1,271 | 66.6% | 50.8% |
| Pascagoula High Pascagoula | 1,127 | 69.7% | 65.5% |
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 Lake Cormorant High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #73 of 192 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #74 of 199 ▼ 7 | #7 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #110 of 199 ▼ 68 | #7 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 991 | #42 of 203 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #167 of 192 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #16 of 192 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #140 of 194 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #37 of 63 | #4 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
991
+61 (+7%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 991 | 64.4 | 15.4:1 | 61% (605) |
| 2023-24 | 974 | 62.7 | 15.5:1 | 66% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 969 | 66.9 | 14.5:1 | 100% (966) |
| 2020-21 | 930 | 62 | 15.0:1 | 100% (927) |
| 2017-18 | 933 | 61.2 | 15.2:1 | 72% (671) |
| 2015-16 | 973 | 55 | 17.7:1 | 72% (700) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 43 | 19.6:1 | 59% (496) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Cormorant High School.
About Lake Cormorant High School
Lake Cormorant High School is a large high school based in Lake Cormorant, Mississippi. It had 991 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 13. High schools in Mississippi have about 651 students on average; enrollment here is 52% higher.
DeSoto County School District, which runs Lake Cormorant High School, has 39 schools and 34,934 students.
Black students account for 49% of enrollment at Lake Cormorant High School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 32% White, 15% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in DeSoto County, the Black share is about 33%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lake Cormorant High School scores 64%.
A staff of 64.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.4:1. Compared with the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DeSoto County is 49%.
Lake Cormorant High School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of Mississippi public high schools.
Lake Cormorant High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.8% is within a point of the 63.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in DeSoto County, where median household income comes to about $85,297, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DeSoto County counts 43 public schools with about 34,934 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Lake Cormorant High School from the closest public school, Lake Cormorant Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.0% on proficiency, and Lake Cormorant High School is above that at 62.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, Lake Cormorant High School is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lake Cormorant High School had a net gain of 61 students, or 7%.
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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
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other schools in Lake Cormorant
- Lake Cormorant Middle SchoolMiddle · 707 students
- Lake Cormorant ElementaryElementary · 635 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Cormorant Middle School0.6 mi · 707
- Lake Cormorant Elementary0.6 mi · 635
- Walls Elementary School3.6 mi · 722
- Horn Lake Intermediate School7.3 mi · 914
- Horn Lake High School7.4 mi · 1,271
- Shadow Oaks Elementary School7.5 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Cormorant High SchoolHow large is Lake Cormorant High School?
Lake Cormorant High School enrolls approximately 991 students in grades 09-13.
What grades does Lake Cormorant High School serve?
Lake Cormorant High School serves grades 09-13.
How many teachers does Lake Cormorant High School have?
Lake Cormorant High School employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is Lake Cormorant High School?
Lake Cormorant High School reports a student body of 32% White, 15% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lake Cormorant High School in?
Lake Cormorant High School is part of DeSoto County School District.
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