Enrollment
336
High
DISTRICT 819 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383000740
Pelahatchie High School
213 Brooks Street, Pelahatchie, MS 39145 · (601) 854-8135 · Rankin County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Mississippi public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
8.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
206 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 7 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 12% |
Student demographics
50%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
37.7%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
42.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.7% | 42.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 52.1% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Pelahatchie High School
Pelahatchie High School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelahatchie High School this school | 336 | 61.3% | 53.0% |
| Richton High School RICHTON | 281 | 61.6% | 60.5% |
| Southeast Lauderdale High School Meridian | 367 | 58.3% | 64.2% |
| Booneville High School Booneville | 370 | 60.0% | 73.2% |
| Amory High School Amory | 444 | 62.2% | 67.1% |
| Eupora High School Eupora | 437 | 57.9% | 60.4% |
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 Pelahatchie High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #113 of 192 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #160 of 199 ▼ 32 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #121 of 199 ▼ 14 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #158 of 203 | #9 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #8 of 192 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #85 of 192 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #138 of 194 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #49 of 121 | 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
336
-30 (-8%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 336 | 38.8 | 8.7:1 | 61% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 36.8 | 9.5:1 | 64% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 37.9 | 9.7:1 | 99% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 35 | 10.5:1 | 99% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 34 | 11.2:1 | 64% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 30 | 11.4:1 | 64% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 28 | 11.0:1 | 66% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 33% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 33 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pelahatchie High School.
About Pelahatchie High School
Pelahatchie High School, a small high school, is located in Pelahatchie, Mississippi. The school offers grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 336 students. Across high schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 651.
Pelahatchie High School is one school in a 27-school district, Rankin County School District, which enrolls 18,196 students.
White students are 67% of those enrolled at Pelahatchie High School. The remaining shares are 22% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
The school's 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1. The average for high schools in Mississippi is 12.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Pelahatchie High School, 61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Rankin County is 50%.
Pelahatchie High School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of Mississippi public high schools.
In Mississippi, Pelahatchie High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.0% actual against a predicted 63.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Rankin County show that the median household earns about $79,357 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Rankin County, 34 public schools serve about 22,454 students.
Pelahatchie Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from Pelahatchie High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pelahatchie High School is 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 336, down from 366 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 10.5:1 to 8.7:1.
The Pelahatchie High School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Rankin County School District
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
Nearby schools
- Pelahatchie Elementary0.0 mi · 385
- Morton High School8.9 mi · 476
- Morton Elementary School9.0 mi · 686
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle School9.0 mi · 486
- Oakdale Elementary10.4 mi · 566
- StoneBridge Elementary11.0 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Pelahatchie High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pelahatchie High School?
Pelahatchie High School enrolls approximately 336 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Pelahatchie High School serve?
Pelahatchie High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Pelahatchie High School have?
Pelahatchie High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pelahatchie High School?
At Pelahatchie High School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 7% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Pelahatchie High School public or private?
Pelahatchie High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rankin County School District.
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