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Which teacher or staff member at SEBASTOPOL ATTENDANCE CENTER deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
684
Combined
DISTRICT 770 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280390000749
Sebastopol Attendance Center
17194 HWY 21 NORTH, SEBASTOPOL, MS 39359 · (601) 625-8654 · Scott County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 11.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
681 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 46 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 35 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 48 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
60.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
74.1%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 74.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.2% | 70.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% 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 26 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 Sebastopol Attendance Center
Sebastopol Attendance Center's state test result (70.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastopol Attendance Center this school | 684 | 99.6% | 70.4% |
| Wesson Attendance Center Wesson | 833 | 100.0% | 70.1% |
| Jumpertown School Booneville | 305 | 86.6% | 62.0% |
| Blue Mountain High School Blue Mountain | 295 | 92.2% | 67.8% |
| Scott Central Attendance Center FOREST | 856 | 99.6% | 53.9% |
| Thrasher High School Booneville | 387 | 76.5% | 56.6% |
Matched among Mississippi K-12 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 Sebastopol Attendance Center ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #6 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #4 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #5 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #9 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #29 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #18 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
684
+95 (+16%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 684 | 39.1 | 17.5:1 | 100% (681) |
| 2023-24 | 684 | 50 | 13.7:1 | 100% (684) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 47.5 | 13.9:1 | 100% (660) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 99% (586) |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 36.5 | 17.9:1 | 100% (649) |
| 2015-16 | 610 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 64% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 63% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 72% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 34 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sebastopol Attendance Center.
About Sebastopol Attendance Center
Sebastopol Attendance Center is a public medium-sized combined-grade school in SEBASTOPOL, Mississippi. The school counts 684 students across pre-K through 12. The typical figure for combined schools in Mississippi is about 527 students.
Scott County School District has 8 schools; together they serve 3,989 students.
White students make up 81% of enrollment at Sebastopol Attendance Center. The remaining shares are 14% Black and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Scott County's population at about 47%. Sebastopol Attendance Center's diversity index is 32%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Sebastopol Attendance Center total 39.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.5:1. That is 5.7 students per teacher above the 11.8:1 average for combined schools in Mississippi. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%.
Sebastopol Attendance Center is 26.1 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Mississippi.
Census estimates describe Scott County this way: the median household income is $48,786, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. In all, Scott County has 12 public schools and roughly 5,627 students.
Of nearby public schools, Leake County High School is the closest, at about 7.1 miles. Sebastopol Attendance Center has 4 other public schools within ten miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Sebastopol Attendance Center ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Sebastopol Attendance Center is Rural: Remote.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 95 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.1:1 to 17.5:1.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,718
Census ACS
Median income
$48,786
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
5,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scott County School District
- Scott Central Attendance CenterCombined · 856 students
- Morton Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle SchoolMiddle · 486 students
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 476 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Leake County High School7.1 mi · 266
- Leake County Elementary School7.5 mi · 317
- Conehatta Elementary School8.7 mi · 226
- Standing Pine Elementary School9.9 mi · 119
- Lake Middle School11.0 mi · 237
- Scott Central Attendance Center11.1 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About Sebastopol Attendance CenterHow many students attend Sebastopol Attendance Center?
Sebastopol Attendance Center enrolls approximately 684 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Sebastopol Attendance Center serve?
Sebastopol Attendance Center serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sebastopol Attendance Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sebastopol Attendance Center is approximately 17.5:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sebastopol Attendance Center?
Student demographics at Sebastopol Attendance Center are roughly 81% White, 1% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sebastopol Attendance Center public or private?
Sebastopol Attendance Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Scott County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.