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Alumni: what's one memory from NORTHEAST LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
608
High
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280243000469
Northeast High School
702 Briarwood Road, Meridian, MS 39305 · (601) 679-8523 · Lauderdale County
GRADES 09–13HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
- 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
12.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
388 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 152 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 129 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 161 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 163 | 27% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
65.3%
MS avg 45.9% . +22.3pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Northeast High School
Northeast High School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast High School this school | 608 | 63.8% | 64.3% |
| Brookhaven High School BROOKHAVEN | 761 | 71.4% | 47.4% |
| Starkville High School Starkville | 1,376 | 64.8% | 53.3% |
| West Harrison High Gulfport | 1,216 | 64.7% | 83.3% |
| Senatobia High School Senatobia | 468 | 61.1% | 59.2% |
| Lawrence County High School Monticello | 529 | 66.7% | 46.0% |
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 Northeast High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #69 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #62 of 199 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #24 of 199 ▲ 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #79 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #82 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #50 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #131 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #116 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
608
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,162
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 608 | 49.5 | 12.3:1 | 64% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 45.6 | 13.4:1 | 60% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 49.3 | 13.0:1 | 100% (639) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 51 | 11.4:1 | 99% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 46.8 | 13.2:1 | 55% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 59% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 53% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 42% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 1,162 | 64 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northeast High School.
About Northeast High School
Northeast High School is a medium-sized high school based in Meridian, Mississippi. A federal count lists 608 students at the school, in grades 9 through 13.
Northeast High School is among 11 schools run by Lauderdale County School District, which serves 5,940 students.
Black students make up a majority at Northeast High School, at 57%. Next come 34% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 41% Black among all Lauderdale County residents. Northeast High School's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.3:1. That matches the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi fairly closely. Eligible students account for 64% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Lauderdale County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Mississippi public high schools, Northeast 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.
Northeast High School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (64.3%) and its predicted rate (62.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lauderdale County, the median household income is $50,817, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. There are 24 public schools in Lauderdale County, enrolling about 10,325 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Northeast Middle School, is about 2.3 miles away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Northeast High School is 1st among 9 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school enrolled 608 students in 2024-25, 26 more than the 582 it had in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lauderdale County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,504
Census ACS
Median income
$50,817
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,325 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lauderdale County School District
- West Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- West Lauderdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
- West Lauderdale High SchoolHigh · 535 students
- Clarkdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other schools in Meridian
- Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- West Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Clarkdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 520 students
Other Northeast High schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Northeast High. Northeast High School is the 8th largest of the 10.
- Northeast High SchoolPhiladelphia, PA · 3,463 students
- NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLOAKLAND PARK, FL · 1,717 students
- NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLST PETERSBURG, FL · 1,684 students
- Northeast HighPasadena, MD · 1,387 students
- Northeast HighClarksville, TN · 1,335 students
Nearby schools
- Northeast Middle School2.3 mi · 520
- Northeast Elementary School2.9 mi · 730
- Poplar Springs Elementary6.0 mi · 405
- Meridian High School6.5 mi · 1,253
- Parkview Elementary6.5 mi · 364
- Magnolia Middle School6.6 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Northeast High SchoolHow many students attend Northeast High School?
Northeast High School enrolls approximately 608 students in grades 09-13.
Is Northeast High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northeast High School is a high school covering grades 09-13.
How many teachers does Northeast High School have?
Northeast High School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Northeast High School?
Student demographics at Northeast High School are roughly 34% White, 5% Hispanic, 57% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Northeast High School in?
Northeast High School is part of Lauderdale County School District.
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