Enrollment
149
High
DISTRICT 171 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKOLONA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280339000654
Okolona High School
404 HOWARD GUNN STREET, OKOLONA, MS 38860 · (662) 447-2362 · Chickasaw County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL149 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- ABeats 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
7.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
149 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 40 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 40 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 40 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 19% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
30.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
78.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 up about 13 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 78.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 65.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 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 Okolona High School
Okolona High School's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okolona High School this school | 149 | 100.0% | 60.7% |
| McAdams Attendance Center MCADAMS | 167 | 98.2% | 61.4% |
| Simmons High School HOLLANDALE | 172 | 100.0% | 51.6% |
| South Delta High School ROLLING FORK | 176 | 98.3% | 37.9% |
| Natchez Early College @ Co-Lin Natchez | 174 | 100.0% | 61.8% |
| Coffeeville High School Coffeeville | 110 | 100.0% | 43.9% |
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 Okolona High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #84 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #47 of 199 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #154 of 199 ▼ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 149 | #199 of 203 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #33 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -53.7% | #1 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
149
-17 (-10%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 149 | 19.7 | 7.6:1 | 100% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 11.7 | 13.8:1 | 100% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 158 | 15 | 10.6:1 | 100% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 14 | 11.9:1 | 100% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 25.3 | 12.7:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 96% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 356 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 96% (341) |
| 1990-91 | 339 | 17 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Okolona High School.
About Okolona High School
Students in OKOLONA, Mississippi, attend Okolona High School, a very small high school. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 149 students. The school is 77% below the average for high schools in Mississippi.
Okolona School District runs Okolona High School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 512 students in total.
Black students are 92% of those enrolled at Okolona High School. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial and 3% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Chickasaw County's population at about 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 7.6:1. The school has 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 12.6:1. Federal data show 100% of students (149) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points above the 79% average for public schools in Chickasaw County.
On the allk12 Grade, Okolona High School lands at B+, ahead of 69% of Mississippi public high schools.
Okolona High School is in the top 10% of Mississippi schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.1%. The school's actual rate is 60.7%, 16.6 points higher.
Chickasaw County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $43,586 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Okolona High School shares Chickasaw County with 10 other public schools.
The closest school to Okolona High School is Okolona Middle School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Okolona High School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Okolona High School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 149, down from 166 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 7.6 students per teacher, compared with 11.9 in 2020-21.
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Chickasaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,915
Census ACS
Median income
$43,586
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,709 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Okolona School District
- Okolona Elementary SchoolElementary · 238 students
- Okolona Middle SchoolMiddle · 125 students
- OKOLONA VOC COMPLEXHigh
Other schools in OKOLONA
- Okolona Elementary SchoolElementary · 238 students
- Okolona Middle SchoolMiddle · 125 students
- OKOLONA VOC COMPLEXHigh
Nearby schools
- Okolona Middle School0.0 mi · 125
- Okolona Elementary School0.7 mi · 238
- Shannon Elementary School7.8 mi · 257
- Shannon Primary School7.9 mi · 249
- Shannon Middle School7.9 mi · 190
- Shannon High School8.0 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Okolona High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Okolona High School?
Okolona High School enrolls approximately 149 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Okolona High School serve?
Okolona High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Okolona High School?
Approximately 7.6:1 students per teacher at Okolona High School.
How diverse is Okolona High School?
Okolona High School reports a student body of 3% White, 1% Hispanic, 92% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Okolona High School?
Okolona High School is overseen by Okolona School District in Chickasaw County.
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