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Enrollment
465
High
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH TIPPAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280411000778
Ripley High School
720 S Clayton Street, Ripley, MS 38663 · (662) 837-7583 · Tippah County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- 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
12.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
359 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 125 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 123 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 122 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 95 | 20% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 South Tippah School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
81.7%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.5pp 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 82 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 have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.9% | 81.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 82.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% 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 18 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 Ripley High School
Ripley High School's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley High School this school | 465 | 77.2% | 73.3% |
| Richland High School Richland | 731 | 73.1% | 60.0% |
| Pontotoc High School Pontotoc | 712 | 70.6% | 65.4% |
| Strayhorn High School Sarah | 404 | 68.3% | 48.1% |
| Independence High School Coldwater | 507 | 70.2% | 50.3% |
| Houston High School Houston | 529 | 64.7% | 65.5% |
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 Ripley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #33 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #35 of 199 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #53 of 199 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #114 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #78 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #7 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.2% | #102 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #79 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
465
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 465 | 38.4 | 12.1:1 | 77% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 35.2 | 13.9:1 | 75% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 35.4 | 13.4:1 | 99% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 99% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 31.5 | 15.9:1 | 60% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 62% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 62% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 53% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 22 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ripley High School.
About Ripley High School
Ripley High School, a small high school, is located in Ripley, Mississippi. It had 465 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Mississippi average about 651 students, which makes this school 29% below average.
Ripley High School reports to South Tippah School District, which has 5 schools and 2,403 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Ripley High School is White, with 48% of students. Enrollment also includes 25% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The school's White share is 29 points below the 76% share among Tippah County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
The school had 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. It is about the same as the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 77%. That is in line with the 79% average for public schools in Tippah County.
Ripley High School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of Mississippi public high schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Ripley High School is among the top 10% of schools in Mississippi. Predicted: 55.6%. Actual: 73.3%.
The school's county is Tippah County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $52,542 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Ripley High School shares Tippah County with 8 other public schools.
The closest school to Ripley High School is Ripley Middle School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Ripley High School at 3rd of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Ripley High School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 486 (2020-21) to 465 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.1:1.
Ripley High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tippah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,523
Census ACS
Median income
$52,542
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,623 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Tippah School District
- Ripley Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Pine Grove High SchoolCombined · 573 students
- Ripley Middle SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Blue Mountain High SchoolCombined · 295 students
- NORTH SOUTH TIPPAH VOC TECH CENTERHigh
Other schools in Ripley
- Ripley Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Pine Grove High SchoolCombined · 573 students
- Ripley Middle SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- NORTH SOUTH TIPPAH VOC TECH CENTERHigh
Other Ripley High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ripley High. Ripley High School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Ripley High SchoolRipley, WV · 768 students
- Ripley High SchoolRipley, TN · 614 students
- Ripley High SchoolRipley, OK · 143 students
Nearby schools
- Ripley Middle School0.1 mi · 459
- Ripley Elementary School1.1 mi · 611
- Blue Mountain High School6.3 mi · 295
- Falkner Attendance Center8.1 mi · 476
- Pine Grove High School9.4 mi · 573
- Chalybeate Elementary14.9 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Ripley High SchoolHow large is Ripley High School?
Ripley High School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Ripley High School serve?
Ripley High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ripley High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ripley High School is approximately 12.1:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ripley High School?
Student demographics at Ripley High School are roughly 48% White, 19% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Ripley High School?
Ripley High School is overseen by South Tippah School District in Tippah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.