Enrollment
316
High
DISTRICT 249 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280309000613
Nettleton High School
165 Mullen Avenue, Nettleton, MS 38858 · (662) 963-2306 · Lee County
GRADES 09–13HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% 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.
- A-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
12.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
254 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 79 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 91 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 84 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 61 | 19% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Nettleton School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
MS avg 52.8% . -8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.8% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 73.6% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Nettleton High School
Nettleton High School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nettleton High School this school | 316 | 80.4% | 61.3% |
| Perry Central High School New Augusta | 262 | 81.3% | 48.3% |
| Lumberton High School Lumberton | 268 | 83.2% | 49.3% |
| Franklin High School Meadville | 377 | 78.0% | 56.8% |
| Raleigh High School RALEIGH | 486 | 72.4% | 60.6% |
| Forrest County Agricultural High School Brooklyn | 562 | 77.2% | 68.2% |
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 Nettleton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #80 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #84 of 199 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #118 of 199 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #164 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #89 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #96 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #97 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #19 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
316
-54 (-15%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 316 | 25.1 | 12.6:1 | 80% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 31.6 | 10.8:1 | 77% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 32.6 | 10.5:1 | 99% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 33 | 11.2:1 | 99% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 47.5 | 8.6:1 | 69% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 44 | 8.9:1 | 73% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 33 | 11.4:1 | 68% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 24 | 15.2:1 | 62% (225) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 21 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nettleton High School.
About Nettleton High School
Nettleton, Mississippi, is home to Nettleton High School, a low-enrollment high school. Students in grades 9 through 13 make up the school's enrollment of 316 students. That compares with an average of about 651 students for high schools in Mississippi.
Nettleton School District enrolls 994 students in 4 schools, including Nettleton High School.
At Nettleton High School, 66% of students are White. Other students are 30% Black and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Lee County at about 63% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Nettleton High School is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Nettleton High School totals 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. That is in line with the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. Federal data show 80% of students (254) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Lee County average 66%.
Nettleton High School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of Mississippi public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Nettleton High School, the prediction is 54.0% and the result is 61.3%.
In the surrounding county, Lee County, median household income comes to about $67,863, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 34 public schools and about 14,808 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Nettleton Junior High, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: 4. On average proficiency, Nettleton High School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Nettleton High School enrolled 370 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 316. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.2:1 in 2020-21 to 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Nettleton School District
- Nettleton Junior HighMiddle · 243 students
- Nettleton Primary SchoolElementary · 220 students
- Nettleton Elementary SchoolElementary · 215 students
Other schools in Nettleton
- Nettleton Junior HighMiddle · 243 students
- Nettleton Primary SchoolElementary · 220 students
- Nettleton Elementary SchoolElementary · 215 students
Other Nettleton High schools
One other US public school is named Nettleton High. Nettleton High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOLJONESBORO, AR · 1,054 students
Nearby schools
- Nettleton Junior High0.1 mi · 243
- Nettleton Elementary School0.1 mi · 215
- Nettleton Primary School0.6 mi · 220
- Shannon Primary School4.0 mi · 249
- Shannon Middle School5.8 mi · 190
- Shannon High School5.9 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Nettleton High SchoolHow many students attend Nettleton High School?
Nettleton High School enrolls approximately 316 students in grades 09-13.
What grades does Nettleton High School serve?
Nettleton High School serves grades 09-13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nettleton High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nettleton High School is approximately 12.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nettleton High School?
At Nettleton High School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 3% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Nettleton High School public or private?
Nettleton High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nettleton School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.