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What's the biggest difference between PISGAH HIGH SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
482
High
DISTRICT 819 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383001079
Pisgah High School
115 Tori Bowie Lane, Brandon, MS 39047 · (601) 829-1138 · Rankin County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
- CBeats 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
12.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
202 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 7 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 66 | 14% |
Student demographics
29%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
57.4%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
75.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 76.3% |
% 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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Pisgah High School
Pisgah High School's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pisgah High School this school | 482 | 41.9% | 69.3% |
| Clarkdale High School Meridian | 422 | 41.9% | 74.0% |
| Florence High School Florence | 718 | 39.8% | 68.5% |
| Kossuth High School Corinth | 398 | 46.0% | 73.5% |
| Poplarville High School POPLARVILLE | 540 | 49.6% | 84.5% |
| West Lauderdale High School Collinsville | 535 | 36.8% | 74.9% |
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 Pisgah High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #49 of 192 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #59 of 199 ▼ 17 | #2 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #50 of 199 ▼ 1 | #6 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #106 of 203 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #72 of 192 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #140 of 192 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #179 of 194 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.0% | #12 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
482
+84 (+21%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 482 | 40.3 | 12.0:1 | 42% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 36.9 | 13.1:1 | 43% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 35.7 | 12.2:1 | 99% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 99% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 34.3 | 11.5:1 | 51% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 51% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 30 | 11.9:1 | 54% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 268 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 33% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pisgah High School.
About Pisgah High School
Pisgah High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Brandon, Mississippi. Grades offered run from 7 through 12, with 482 students enrolled. The average among high schools in Mississippi is roughly 651 students; this school is 26% smaller than that.
Rankin County School District enrolls 18,196 students in 27 schools, including Pisgah High School.
Pisgah High School's enrollment is 83% White. The school is also 11% Black and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 71% White share among all Rankin County residents. Pisgah High School's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 12.0 students per teacher and 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi fairly closely. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Mississippi public high schools, Pisgah 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.
The model predicts 73.3% for a school in Mississippi with Pisgah High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Pisgah High School posts 69.3%.
Within Rankin County, the median household income is $79,357, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Rankin County has 34 public schools and roughly 22,454 students.
The closest public school, Pisgah Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile from Pisgah High School. Other public schools within ten miles: 3. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 66.7%; Pisgah High School's is 69.3%, ranking 5th of 9.
Pisgah High School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Pisgah High School's enrollment climbed from 398 in 2020-21 to 482 in 2024-25.
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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 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
Other schools in Brandon
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- StoneBridge ElementaryElementary · 742 students
- Oakdale ElementaryElementary · 566 students
Other Pisgah High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pisgah High. Pisgah High School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Pisgah HighCanton, NC · 859 students
- Pisgah High SchoolPisgah, AL · 598 students
Nearby schools
- Pisgah Elementary0.1 mi · 556
- Northshore Elementary8.5 mi · 539
- Oakdale Elementary9.8 mi · 566
- Highland Bluff Elementary10.6 mi · 491
- Northwest High School11.2 mi · 1,855
- Northwest Middle School11.6 mi · 1,352
Frequently asked questions
About Pisgah High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pisgah High School?
Pisgah High School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Pisgah High School serve?
Pisgah High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pisgah High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pisgah High School is approximately 12.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pisgah High School?
At Pisgah High School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 1% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Pisgah High School?
Pisgah High School is overseen by Rankin County School District in Rankin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.