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What's something MORTON HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
476
High
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280390001184
Morton High School
238 EAST FOURTH AVENUE, MORTON, MS 39117 · (601) 732-8086 · Scott County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Mississippi public high schools
- CTest 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
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
473 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 138 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 134 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 111 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 93 | 20% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
53.1%
MS avg 45.9% . +28.8pp since 2023
Math
61.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +25.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 29 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 25 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 35.9% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Morton High School
Morton High School's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morton High School this school | 476 | 99.4% | 46.5% |
| Byhalia High School BYHALIA | 428 | 99.3% | 54.7% |
| Forest High School FOREST | 438 | 86.8% | 47.3% |
| H. W. Byers High School HOLLY SPRINGS | 362 | 99.2% | 43.2% |
| Leake Central High School CARTHAGE | 592 | 100.0% | 38.3% |
| Pontotoc High School Pontotoc | 712 | 70.6% | 65.4% |
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 Morton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #131 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #106 of 199 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #65 of 199 ▲ 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #108 of 203 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #1 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #56 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #23 of 63 |
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
476
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 454
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 | 476 | N/A | N/A | 99% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 31.3 | 15.6:1 | 100% (490) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 29.2 | 16.1:1 | 100% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 99% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 24.9 | 16.9:1 | 99% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 23 | 17.9:1 | 62% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 20 | 20.5:1 | 69% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 72% (459) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 23 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morton High School.
About Morton High School
Students in MORTON, Mississippi, attend Morton High School, a small high school. The school's 476 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 27% lower than the average for high schools in Mississippi, which is about 651.
The district, Scott County School District, operates 8 schools serving 3,989 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Morton High School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 37%. Smaller groups are 30% White, 27% Black, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Scott County is roughly 16% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students.
Measured against Mississippi public high schools, Morton High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Morton High School are 2.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (46.5% actual, 44.4% predicted).
Morton High School is located in Scott County, where the median household income is $48,786, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Morton High School is one of 12 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Morton Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Morton High School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Morton High School is Rural: Distant.
2024-25 enrollment was 476, a 4% increase from 459 in 2020-21.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,718
Census ACS
Median income
$48,786
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
5,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scott County School District
- Scott Central Attendance CenterCombined · 856 students
- Morton Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Sebastopol Attendance CenterCombined · 684 students
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle SchoolMiddle · 486 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 237 students
Other schools in MORTON
- Morton Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle SchoolMiddle · 486 students
Other Morton High schools
One other US public school is named Morton High. Morton High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Morton High SchoolMorton, IL · 1,061 students
Nearby schools
- Morton Elementary School0.1 mi · 686
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle School0.4 mi · 486
- Pelahatchie High School8.9 mi · 336
- Pelahatchie Elementary8.9 mi · 385
- Forest High School9.8 mi · 438
- Forest Elementary9.8 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Morton High SchoolHow many students attend Morton High School?
Morton High School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades 09-12.
Is Morton High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Morton High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How diverse is Morton High School?
Morton High School reports a student body of 30% White, 37% Hispanic, 27% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Morton High School?
Morton High School is overseen by Scott County School District in Scott County.
What county does Morton High School serve?
Morton High School serves Scott County in MS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.