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Enrollment
445
High
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY·NCES 280255000494
Mooreville High School
115 Road 1429, MOOREVILLE, MS 38857 · (662) 842-6859 · Lee County
GRADES 09–13HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Mississippi public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
195 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 119 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 120 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 96 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 109 | 24% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
55.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
MS avg 52.8% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 70.6% |
% 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
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Mooreville High School
Mooreville High School's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mooreville High School this school | 445 | 43.8% | 67.4% |
| Clarkdale High School Meridian | 422 | 41.9% | 74.0% |
| Kossuth High School Corinth | 398 | 46.0% | 73.5% |
| Caledonia High School CALEDONIA | 640 | 42.3% | 79.5% |
| Pisgah High School Brandon | 482 | 41.9% | 69.3% |
| 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 Mooreville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #56 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #36 of 199 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #58 of 199 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #118 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #62 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.8% | #143 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #176 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #90 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
445
-41 (-8%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,035
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 445 | 38.1 | 11.7:1 | 44% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 32.4 | 14.2:1 | 43% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 33.4 | 14.1:1 | 99% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 99% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 32.2 | 14.5:1 | 43% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 50% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 1,121 | 64 | 17.5:1 | 57% (640) |
| 1990-91 | 1,035 | 63 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mooreville High School.
About Mooreville High School
Mooreville High School is a low-enrollment high school in MOOREVILLE, Mississippi. It is open to students in grades 9 through 13 and enrolls 445 students. That is 32% below the average of about 651 students for high schools in Mississippi.
Mooreville High School is run by Lee County, whose 13 schools enroll 6,343 students.
The share of students at Mooreville High School who are White is 84%. Other students are 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County residents are about 63% White. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Mooreville High School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Mooreville High School, there are about 11.7 students; the school has 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Mississippi, 12.6:1, is higher. There are 195 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 44% of enrollment. Across public schools in Lee County, the average is 66%.
Among Mississippi public high schools, Mooreville High School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 72.4% at Mooreville High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.4%.
Census data for Lee County show median household income comes to about $67,863, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 34 public schools in the county, enrolling about 14,808, Mooreville High School among them.
Mooreville Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Mooreville High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 3. The nearest schools with test data average 55.4%, lower than Mooreville High School's 67.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
An 8% decline took enrollment from 486 in 2020-21 to 445 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.7:1) than in 2020-21 (13.9:1).
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,034
Census ACS
Median income
$67,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,808 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lee County
- Saltillo High SchoolHigh · 939 students
- Mooreville Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Saltillo Primary SchoolElementary · 704 students
- Saltillo Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Guntown Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Shannon High SchoolHigh · 529 students
Other schools in MOOREVILLE
- Mooreville Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Mooreville Middle SchoolMiddle · 333 students
Nearby schools
- Mooreville Middle School0.0 mi · 333
- Mooreville Elementary School0.1 mi · 722
- Dorsey Attendance Center4.3 mi · 233
- Lawhon Elementary School6.0 mi · 575
- Mantachie Attendance Center6.4 mi · 926
- Plantersville Middle School6.7 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Mooreville High SchoolHow large is Mooreville High School?
Mooreville High School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Mooreville High School serve?
Mooreville High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many students per teacher at Mooreville High School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Mooreville High School.
How diverse is Mooreville High School?
Mooreville High School reports a student body of 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mooreville High School in?
Mooreville High School is part of Lee County.
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