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What's something PEARL HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,278
High
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280352000003
Pearl High School
500 PIRATES COVE, PEARL, MS 39208 · (601) 932-7931 · Rankin County
GRADES 09–13HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,278 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Mississippi public high schools
- B+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
14.1:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
741 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 324 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 330 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 313 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 308 | 24% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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 Pearl Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.9% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 68.7% |
% 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Pearl High School
Pearl High School's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl High School this school | 1,278 | 58.0% | 66.9% |
| Gulfport High School Gulfport | 1,702 | 55.7% | 71.4% |
| Olive Branch High School Olive Branch | 1,058 | 51.6% | 73.2% |
| West Harrison High Gulfport | 1,216 | 64.7% | 83.3% |
| Lake Cormorant High School Lake Cormorant | 991 | 61.0% | 62.8% |
| Picayune Memorial High School Picayune | 940 | 62.7% | 65.8% |
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 Pearl High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #58 of 192 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #98 of 199 ▼ 25 | #5 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #32 of 199 ▲ 6 | #3 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,278 | #22 of 203 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #148 of 192 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #21 of 192 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #148 of 194 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #30 of 63 | N/A |
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
1,278
+160 (+14%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,049
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,278 | 90.4 | 14.1:1 | 58% (741) |
| 2023-24 | 1,280 | 79.9 | 16.0:1 | 56% (718) |
| 2022-23 | 1,262 | 79.6 | 15.9:1 | 100% (1,259) |
| 2020-21 | 1,118 | 75 | 14.9:1 | 100% (1,115) |
| 2017-18 | 1,169 | 69.8 | 16.8:1 | 54% (636) |
| 2015-16 | 1,167 | 70 | 16.7:1 | 60% (696) |
| 2010-11 | 1,060 | 68 | 15.6:1 | 54% (570) |
| 2000-01 | 998 | 59 | 16.9:1 | 39% (388) |
| 1990-91 | 1,049 | 48 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pearl High School.
About Pearl High School
Pearl High School is a large high school that serves part of PEARL, Mississippi. In all, 1,278 students attend the school in grades 9 through 13. That puts enrollment 96% above the 651-student average for high schools in Mississippi.
Pearl Public Schools has a total of 5 schools and 4,258 students, Pearl High School among them.
Of every 100 students at Pearl High School, about 43 are Black, the largest group. It is also 42% White, 10% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Rankin County is roughly 21% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Its staff includes 90.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.1 students per teacher. Across high schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 12.6:1. Pearl High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 58%. That is 8 points above the 50% average for public schools in Rankin County.
Among Mississippi public high schools, Pearl High School outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pearl High School is +1.7 points: 66.9% actual, 65.3% predicted.
In Rankin County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $79,357 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Pearl High School, Rankin County has 34 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Pearl Upper School is about 0.8 miles from Pearl High School. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Pearl High School is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
Pearl High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 1,278 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,118.
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Rankin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,854
Census ACS
Median income
$79,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pearl Public Schools
- Pearl Jr High SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- Pearl Lower ElementaryElementary · 763 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Pearl Upper SchoolElementary · 608 students
Other schools in PEARL
- Pearl Jr High SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- Pearl Lower ElementaryElementary · 763 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Pearl Upper SchoolElementary · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Pearl Upper School0.8 mi · 608
- Pearl Jr High School1.0 mi · 944
- Pearl Lower Elementary1.2 mi · 763
- Northside Elementary1.9 mi · 665
- Rouse Elementary3.5 mi · 798
- Richland Upper Elementary5.1 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Pearl High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pearl High School?
Pearl High School enrolls approximately 1,278 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Pearl High School serve?
Pearl High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many students per teacher at Pearl High School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Pearl High School.
How diverse is Pearl High School?
Pearl High School reports a student body of 42% White, 10% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Pearl High School in?
Pearl High School is part of Pearl Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.