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Enrollment
539
High
DISTRICT 833 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HINDS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280186000328
Raymond High School
14050 HWY 18, Raymond, MS 39154 · (601) 857-8016 · Hinds County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- B-Beats 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
13.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
410 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 129 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 147 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 130 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 133 | 25% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
42.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
63.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 63.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 51.2% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Raymond High School
Raymond High School's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond High School this school | 539 | 76.1% | 57.4% |
| Shannon High School SHANNON | 529 | 79.6% | 38.3% |
| Tylertown High School Tylertown | 526 | 76.6% | 40.8% |
| KOSCIUSKO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL KOSCIUSKO | 579 | 76.7% | 61.0% |
| Brookhaven High School BROOKHAVEN | 761 | 71.4% | 47.4% |
| Holly Springs High School Holly Springs | 288 | 84.0% | 41.7% |
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 Raymond High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #100 of 192 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #92 of 199 ▲ 41 | #3 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #103 of 199 ▼ 9 | #4 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #90 of 203 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #116 of 192 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #131 of 192 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #105 of 194 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #52 of 121 | #2 of 7 |
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
539
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 539 | 40.6 | 13.3:1 | 76% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 39.3 | 14.2:1 | 69% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 41.9 | 13.6:1 | 99% (567) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 99% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 43.8 | 13.8:1 | 88% (531) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 89% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 81% (468) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 53% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 21 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raymond High School.
About Raymond High School
Raymond High School is a low-enrollment high school in Hinds County School District, located in Raymond, Mississippi. It has an enrollment of 539 students in grades 9 through 12.
Hinds County School District has 4,940 students in 8 schools, and Raymond High School is one of those schools.
Black students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 10% White, 6% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Hinds County, the Black share is about 72%. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Raymond High School are from different groups.
Raymond High School has 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.3:1. The 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 76% at Raymond High School. The gap from the 88% average for public schools in Hinds County is 12 points.
Among Mississippi public high schools, Raymond High School outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Raymond High School's lunch-eligibility share in Mississippi is predicted to score 56.1%. Raymond High School scores 57.4%, 1.2 points above that line.
In Hinds County, home to about 218,533 people, median household income comes to about $49,402, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Hinds County's 84 public schools enroll about 32,870 students and include Raymond High School.
Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle is about 1.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 46.0% on proficiency, and Raymond High School is above that at 57.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 539, close to the 534 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.3 students per teacher, compared with 19.1 in 2020-21.
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hinds County School District
- Terry High SchoolHigh · 1,127 students
- Byram Middle SchoolMiddle · 785 students
- Gary Road ElementaryElementary · 717 students
- Gary Road IntermediateElementary · 680 students
- Raymond Elementary/Carver MiddleElementary · 453 students
- Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle SchoolElementary · 335 students
Other schools in Raymond
- Raymond Elementary/Carver MiddleElementary · 453 students
- Williams SchoolHigh · 33 students
- HINDS CO CAREER/TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
- MAIN STREET ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOLCombined
- RAYMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined
Other Raymond High schools
One other US public school is named Raymond High. Raymond High School is the largest of the 2.
- Raymond High SchoolRaymond, NH · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle1.3 mi · 453
- Williams School4.3 mi · 33
- Timberlawn Elementary School7.8 mi · 295
- Byram Middle School8.3 mi · 785
- Gary Road Elementary9.1 mi · 717
- Gary Road Intermediate9.1 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About Raymond High SchoolHow many students attend Raymond High School?
Raymond High School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Raymond High School serve?
Raymond High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Raymond High School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Raymond High School.
What is the student diversity at Raymond High School?
Student demographics at Raymond High School are roughly 10% White, 6% Hispanic, 81% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Raymond High School?
Raymond High School is overseen by Hinds County School District in Hinds County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.