Enrollment
239
High
DISTRICT 278 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUITMAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280381000730
Madison Palmer High School
1315 MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE, MARKS, MS 38646 · (662) 326-5191 · Quitman County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL239 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
239 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Quitman County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
MS avg 45.9% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
52.7%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
239
-97 (-29%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.9:1
% White
1%
was 3%
% Hispanic
0%
was 0%
% Black
97%
was 97%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Madison Palmer High School
Set in MARKS, Mississippi, Madison Palmer High School is a rural-scale 9-12 campus, overseen by Quitman County School District. It works with 239 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 651 students each, so Madison Palmer High School sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.
Within Quitman County School District, which oversees 3 schools and 835 students, Madison Palmer High School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Madison Palmer High School lists that nearly all students (97%) are Black. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Madison Palmer High School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Madison Palmer High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Madison Palmer High School ranks in the top 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.1%; Madison Palmer High School posts 58.9%, +14.8 points above that line.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Quitman County indicate the typical household earns roughly $32,412 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 25% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Madison Palmer High School is one of 4 public schools in Quitman County (combined enrollment of about 835 students).
The closest other public school is Quitman County Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Palmer High School has contracted 29%, going from 336 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025.
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Quitman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,774
Census ACS
Median income
$32,412
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
25%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Quitman County School District
- Quitman County ElementaryElementary · 331 students
- Quitman County Middle SchoolMiddle · 265 students
- QUITMAN CO VOCATIONAL COMPLEXHigh
Other schools in MARKS
- Quitman County Middle SchoolMiddle · 265 students
- QUITMAN CO VOCATIONAL COMPLEXHigh
Nearby schools
- Quitman County Middle School0.9 mi · 265
- Quitman County Elementary3.1 mi · 331
- Jonestown Elementary11.9 mi · 135
- Lyon Elementary13.0 mi · 224
- George H. Oliver Visual/Performing Arts Magnet School16.1 mi · 299
- W.A. Higgins Academy Of Arts/International Studies16.1 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Palmer High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Madison Palmer High School?
Madison Palmer High School enrolls approximately 239 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Madison Palmer High School serve?
Madison Palmer High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madison Palmer High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madison Palmer High School is approximately 11.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madison Palmer High School?
At Madison Palmer High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 0% Hispanic, 97% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Madison Palmer High School public or private?
Madison Palmer High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Quitman County School District.
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