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How has LANIER HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
895
High
DISTRICT 949 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280219000396
Lanier Junior/Senior High School
833 Maple Street, Jackson, MS 39203 · (601) 960-5369 · Hinds County
GRADES 07–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL895 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
895 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 7 | 83 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 162 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 185 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 163 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 146 | 16% |
Student demographics
3%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
13.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
30.7%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.6% | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 12.7% | 27.8% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lanier Junior/Senior High School
Lanier Junior/Senior High School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanier Junior/Senior High School this school | 895 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| Callaway High School Jackson | 994 | 100.0% | 45.8% |
| Jim Hill High School Jackson | 975 | 99.9% | 44.6% |
| Provine High School Jackson | 791 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| Holmes County Central High School Lexington | 714 | 100.0% | 45.4% |
| Murrah High School Jackson | 1,259 | 99.9% | 47.1% |
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 Lanier Junior/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #188 of 192 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #185 of 199 no change | #10 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #197 of 199 ▲ 1 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 895 | #51 of 203 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #42 of 192 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.3% | #190 of 192 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #21 of 194 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.8% | #7 of 63 | N/A |
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
895
+331 (+59%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 725
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 895 | 81.1 | 11.0:1 | 100% (895) |
| 2023-24 | 863 | 72.4 | 11.9:1 | 100% (863) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 46.9 | 12.9:1 | 100% (603) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 45 | 12.5:1 | 100% (564) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 47.6 | 13.8:1 | 100% (659) |
| 2015-16 | 784 | 56 | 14.0:1 | 100% (784) |
| 2010-11 | 783 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 92% (723) |
| 2000-01 | 1,007 | 54 | 18.6:1 | 81% (817) |
| 1990-91 | 725 | 40 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lanier Junior/Senior High School.
About Lanier Junior/Senior High School
At 833 Maple Street in Jackson, Mississippi, Lanier Junior/Senior High School operates as a mid-sized high school. Its enrollment is 895 students, spread over grades 7 through 12. Across high schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 651.
Lanier Junior/Senior High School is among 45 schools run by Jackson Public Schools, which serves 19,765 students.
The share of students at Lanier Junior/Senior High School who are Black is 98%. By comparison, Hinds County residents are about 72% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 3, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 81.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.0:1. Compared with the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. It compares with 88% for public schools in Hinds County.
Lanier Junior/Senior High School is in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.1%. The school's actual rate is 27.6%, 16.5 points lower.
In the surrounding county, Hinds County, the median household earns about $49,402 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Hinds County has 84 public schools with about 32,870 students, including Lanier Junior/Senior High School.
Lanier Junior/Senior High School is about 0.8 miles from Galloway Elementary School, its nearest public school. Lanier Junior/Senior High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Lanier Junior/Senior High School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 27.6% versus a 43.3% average.
The NCES locale for Lanier Junior/Senior High School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment records show 564 in 2020-21 and 895 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.5:1 to 11.0:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Lanier Junior/Senior High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 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
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
Nearby schools
- Galloway Elementary School0.8 mi · 296
- Pecan Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 510
- Blackburn Middle School1.2 mi · 317
- Johnson Elementary School1.3 mi · 444
- Barack Obama Elementary School1.4 mi · 242
- Provine High School1.5 mi · 791
Frequently asked questions
About Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lanier Junior/Senior High School?
Lanier Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 895 students in grades 07-12.
Is Lanier Junior/Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lanier Junior/Senior High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lanier Junior/Senior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lanier Junior/Senior High School is approximately 11.0:1 (81 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lanier Junior/Senior High School?
At Lanier Junior/Senior High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Lanier Junior/Senior High School public or private?
Lanier Junior/Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson Public Schools.
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