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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SALTILLO HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
939
High
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY·NCES 280255000496
Saltillo High School
146 TIGER DR., SALTILLO, MS 38866 · (662) 869-5466 · Lee County
GRADES 09–13HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL939 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- C-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
14.0:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
418 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 262 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 231 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 233 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 211 | 22% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
49.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
62.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 62.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 71.6% |
% 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Saltillo High School
Saltillo High School's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltillo High School this school | 939 | 44.5% | 66.4% |
| Lafayette High School Oxford | 855 | 46.1% | 69.7% |
| Newton County High School Decatur | 768 | 48.0% | 70.4% |
| Florence High School Florence | 718 | 39.8% | 68.5% |
| Caledonia High School CALEDONIA | 640 | 42.3% | 79.5% |
| Long Beach High School Long Beach | 895 | 51.1% | 81.4% |
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 Saltillo High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #60 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #103 of 199 ▼ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #79 of 199 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 939 | #46 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #145 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #109 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #175 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #106 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
939
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,210
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 939 | 67.1 | 14.0:1 | 45% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 930 | 53.7 | 17.3:1 | 37% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 955 | 56.2 | 17.0:1 | 100% (952) |
| 2020-21 | 928 | 56 | 16.6:1 | 100% (925) |
| 2017-18 | 965 | 53.6 | 18.0:1 | 37% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 988 | 53 | 18.6:1 | 39% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 810 | 49 | 16.5:1 | 41% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 31 | 18.8:1 | 57% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 1,210 | 69 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saltillo High School.
About Saltillo High School
In SALTILLO, Mississippi, Saltillo High School is a mid-sized high school. Enrollment totals 939 students across grades 9 through 13. The school is 44% bigger than the average for high schools in Mississippi.
Saltillo High School is run by Lee County, whose 13 schools enroll 6,343 students.
Of every 100 students at Saltillo High School, about 73 are White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. Among all residents of Lee County, the White share is about 63%. The diversity index for Saltillo High School is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 67.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. Across high schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 12.6:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 45%. That is 21 points below the 66% average for public schools in Lee County.
On the allk12 Grade, Saltillo High School lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Mississippi public high schools.
The model predicts 72.0% for a school in Mississippi with Saltillo High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Saltillo High School posts 66.4%.
Census data for Lee County show median household income comes to about $67,863, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 34 public schools and about 14,808 students.
Saltillo High School is about 0.2 miles from Saltillo Primary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 66.4% is above the 55.3% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Saltillo High School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 939, close to the 928 recorded in 2020-21. The ratio was 16.6:1 in 2020-21 and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,034
Census ACS
Median income
$67,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,808 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lee County
- Mooreville Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Saltillo Primary SchoolElementary · 704 students
- Saltillo Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Guntown Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Shannon High SchoolHigh · 529 students
- Mooreville High SchoolHigh · 445 students
Other schools in SALTILLO
- Saltillo Primary SchoolElementary · 704 students
- Saltillo Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
Nearby schools
- Saltillo Primary School0.2 mi · 704
- Saltillo Elementary School1.5 mi · 696
- Guntown Middle School4.2 mi · 674
- Early Childhood Education Center8.0 mi · 322
- Carver Elementary School8.3 mi · 312
- Joyner Elementary School8.4 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Saltillo High SchoolHow many students attend Saltillo High School?
Saltillo High School enrolls approximately 939 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Saltillo High School serve?
Saltillo High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many students per teacher at Saltillo High School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Saltillo High School.
What is the student diversity at Saltillo High School?
Student demographics at Saltillo High School are roughly 73% White, 2% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Saltillo High School in?
Saltillo High School is part of Lee County.
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