Enrollment
404
High
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TATE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280423001295
Strayhorn High School
86 Mustang Dr., Sarah, MS 38665 · (662) 562-9246 · Tate County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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
14.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
276 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 7 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 14% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
32.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
44.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.9% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 40.2% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Strayhorn High School
Strayhorn High School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strayhorn High School this school | 404 | 68.3% | 48.1% |
| Bruce High School BRUCE | 435 | 67.8% | 59.2% |
| McLaurin High School Florence | 481 | 73.4% | 62.7% |
| Houston High School Houston | 529 | 64.7% | 65.5% |
| Pelahatchie High School Pelahatchie | 336 | 61.3% | 53.0% |
| Independence High School Coldwater | 507 | 70.2% | 50.3% |
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 Strayhorn High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #123 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #157 of 199 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #140 of 199 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #131 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #146 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #60 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.3% | #117 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #40 of 63 |
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
404
+60 (+17%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 404 | 28.8 | 14.0:1 | 68% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 27.4 | 15.1:1 | 69% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 22.8 | 13.6:1 | 99% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 99% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 65% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 69% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 62% (217) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Strayhorn High School.
About Strayhorn High School
Strayhorn High School is a small high school in Tate County School District, located in Sarah, Mississippi. Federal data show 404 students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Mississippi average about 651 students, which makes this school 38% below average.
Tate County School District runs Strayhorn High School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 2,004 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Strayhorn High School is White: 63%. Other groups include 21% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. In Tate County overall, the White share is about 66%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Strayhorn High School scores 55%.
The school has 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.0 students per teacher. High schools in Mississippi have an average ratio of 12.6:1. The school reported 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Tate County average a similar 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Strayhorn High School lands at C-, ahead of 20% of Mississippi public high schools.
Strayhorn High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.1%, compared with a predicted 60.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Tate County, the median household earns about $69,704 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Tate County has 11 public schools with about 3,758 students, including Strayhorn High School.
Strayhorn Elementary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Strayhorn High School. There are 2 other public schools within ten miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Strayhorn High School is 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Strayhorn High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Strayhorn High School enrolled 344 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 404. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.0:1) than in 2020-21 (15.6:1).
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Tate County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,321
Census ACS
Median income
$69,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,758 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tate County School District
- Independence High SchoolHigh · 507 students
- East Tate ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Strayhorn Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Coldwater Elementary SchoolElementary · 213 students
- Senatobia-Tate Career Technical CenterHigh
- COLDWATER HIGH SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- Strayhorn Elementary School0.1 mi · 407
- Senatobia Elementary School9.9 mi · 879
- Senatobia Middle School10.4 mi · 407
- Senatobia High School10.4 mi · 468
- Coldwater Elementary School10.7 mi · 213
- Como Primary School13.0 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Strayhorn High SchoolHow many students attend Strayhorn High School?
Strayhorn High School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Strayhorn High School serve?
Strayhorn High School serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Strayhorn High School have?
Strayhorn High School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Strayhorn High School?
Student demographics at Strayhorn High School are roughly 63% White, 11% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Strayhorn High School in?
Strayhorn High School is part of Tate County School District.
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