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Enrollment
605
High
DISTRICT 716 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280312000615
New Albany High School
201 Highway 15 North, New Albany, MS 38652 · (662) 534-1805 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Mississippi public high schools
- A-Test 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
13.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
321 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 148 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 173 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 150 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 134 | 22% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
59.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
77.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 77.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 69.1% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 New Albany High School
New Albany High School's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Albany High School this school | 605 | 53.1% | 70.3% |
| Corinth High School CORINTH | 610 | 56.7% | 26.7% |
| Biloxi High School Biloxi | 1,669 | 53.9% | 75.9% |
| Pass Christian High School PASS CHRISTIAN | 606 | 55.0% | 81.5% |
| Olive Branch High School Olive Branch | 1,058 | 51.6% | 73.2% |
| Richland High School Richland | 731 | 73.1% | 60.0% |
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 New Albany High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #45 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #53 of 199 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #45 of 199 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #82 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #108 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #6 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #159 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #38 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
605
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 605 | 46.6 | 13.0:1 | 53% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 32.1 | 18.6:1 | 48% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 37.4 | 15.6:1 | 99% (581) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 31 | 18.8:1 | 99% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 27.5 | 20.7:1 | 54% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 32 | 17.7:1 | 56% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 30 | 20.7:1 | 60% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 51% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 26 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Albany High School.
About New Albany High School
New Albany High School is the name of a medium-sized high school in New Albany, Mississippi. The latest federal count shows 605 students in grades 9 through 12.
NEW ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS has 3 schools; together they serve 2,149 students.
White students form the largest group at New Albany High School, 47% of enrollment. Next come 26% Black, 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 77% White among all Union County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at New Albany High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.0:1, with 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Mississippi average about 12.6:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at New Albany High School is 53%. That rate is below the 62% average among public schools in Union County.
Measured against Mississippi public high schools, New Albany High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, New Albany High School would be expected to post about 67.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Union County, median household income is about $55,505, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. New Albany High School is among the 9 public schools in Union County.
The closest public school, New Albany Middle School, is about 0.5 miles from New Albany High School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. New Albany High School places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 582 in 2020-21 and 605 in 2024-25, a 4% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.8:1 to 13.0:1.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,122
Census ACS
Median income
$55,505
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
5,135 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- New Albany Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,074 students
- New Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 470 students
- NEW ALBANY/S.TIPPAH/UNION CO. ALTCombined
- SCHOOL OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDHigh
Other schools in New Albany
- New Albany Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,074 students
- Ingomar Attendance CenterCombined · 678 students
- New Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 470 students
- NEW ALBANY/S.TIPPAH/UNION CO. ALTCombined
- SCHOOL OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDHigh
Other New Albany High schools
One other US public school is named New Albany High. New Albany High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- New Albany High SchoolNew Albany, OH · 1,601 students
Nearby schools
- New Albany Middle School0.5 mi · 470
- New Albany Elementary School2.4 mi · 1,074
- Ingomar Attendance Center6.0 mi · 678
- North Pontotoc Upper Elem8.1 mi · 297
- Myrtle Attendance Center8.2 mi · 698
- North Pontotoc Middle School8.6 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About New Albany High SchoolHow large is New Albany High School?
New Albany High School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 09-12.
Is New Albany High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Albany High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Albany High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Albany High School is approximately 13.0:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is New Albany High School?
New Albany High School reports a student body of 47% White, 19% Hispanic, 26% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is New Albany High School public or private?
New Albany High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.