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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SOUTHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,876
High
DISTRICT 1,390 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000196
Southaven High School
735 RASCO ROAD, SOUTHAVEN, MS 38671 · (662) 393-9300 · DeSoto County
GRADES 09–13HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,876 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Mississippi public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.5:1
114 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
1,042 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 502 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 524 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 472 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 377 | 20% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
34.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
67.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.3% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 63.9% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Southaven High School
Southaven High School's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven High School this school | 1,876 | 55.5% | 55.5% |
| Gulfport High School Gulfport | 1,702 | 55.7% | 71.4% |
| Tupelo High School Tupelo | 2,123 | 61.5% | 64.6% |
| Olive Branch High School Olive Branch | 1,058 | 51.6% | 73.2% |
| Lake Cormorant High School Lake Cormorant | 991 | 61.0% | 62.8% |
| Pearl High School PEARL | 1,278 | 58.0% | 66.9% |
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 Southaven High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #107 of 192 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #80 of 199 ▲ 9 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #130 of 199 ▼ 29 | #8 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,876 | #4 of 203 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #180 of 192 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #42 of 192 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #154 of 194 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #110 of 121 | 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
1,876
+118 (+7%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 2,035
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 1,876 | 113.7 | 16.5:1 | 56% (1,042) |
| 2023-24 | 1,825 | 112 | 16.3:1 | 61% (1,116) |
| 2022-23 | 1,850 | 112.9 | 16.4:1 | 100% (1,847) |
| 2020-21 | 1,758 | 99 | 17.8:1 | 100% (1,755) |
| 2017-18 | 1,915 | 97.3 | 19.7:1 | 65% (1,237) |
| 2015-16 | 1,901 | 108 | 17.6:1 | 64% (1,225) |
| 2010-11 | 1,745 | 78 | 22.4:1 | 51% (887) |
| 2000-01 | 1,382 | 64 | 21.6:1 | 28% (387) |
| 1990-91 | 2,035 | 93 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southaven High School.
About Southaven High School
Southaven High School is a high school in SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi, according to federal school records. Enrollment totals 1,876 students across grades 9 through 13. Across high schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 651.
DeSoto County School District is the local district for Southaven High School. It runs 39 schools with 34,934 students.
Black students are 61% of those enrolled at Southaven High School. The next largest groups are 18% White, 15% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. In DeSoto County overall, about 33% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 16.5:1 is based on 113.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Mississippi average 12.6:1, 3.9 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 56%.
Southaven High School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of Mississippi public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Southaven High School is 66.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.5%.
The school is in DeSoto County, where the median household earns about $85,297 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Southaven High School shares DeSoto County with 42 other public schools.
Southaven Middle School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Southaven High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Southaven High School ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Southaven High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,876 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,758. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.8:1 in 2020-21 to 16.5:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Southaven High School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
- Horn Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
Other schools in SOUTHAVEN
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Southaven Intermediate SchoolElementary · 1,046 students
- DeSoto Central ElementaryElementary · 831 students
- DeSoto Central Primary SchoolElementary · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Southaven Middle School0.1 mi · 1,423
- Southaven Elementary School0.5 mi · 681
- Southaven Intermediate School1.0 mi · 1,046
- Hope Sullivan Elementary School1.1 mi · 563
- Greenbrook Elementary School1.5 mi · 556
- Oakshire Elementary2.0 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Southaven High SchoolHow large is Southaven High School?
Southaven High School enrolls approximately 1,876 students in grades 09-13.
Is Southaven High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southaven High School is a high school covering grades 09-13.
How many students per teacher at Southaven High School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Southaven High School.
What is the student diversity at Southaven High School?
Student demographics at Southaven High School are roughly 18% White, 15% Hispanic, 61% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Southaven High School public or private?
Southaven High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeSoto County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.