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Enrollment
387
Combined
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRENTISS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280375000721
Thrasher High School
167 CR 1040, Booneville, MS 38829 · (662) 728-5233 · Prentiss County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 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
9.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
296 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 23 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 36 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
44.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
53.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 53.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 48.0% |
% 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Thrasher High School
Thrasher High School's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrasher High School this school | 387 | 76.5% | 56.6% |
| Tremont Attendance Center Tremont | 312 | 71.8% | 64.2% |
| Pine Grove High School Ripley | 573 | 73.1% | 69.4% |
| Stringer Attendance Center STRINGER | 579 | 69.4% | 71.1% |
| Jumpertown School Booneville | 305 | 86.6% | 62.0% |
| Wheeler High School Booneville | 577 | 65.7% | 67.9% |
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 Thrasher High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #25 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #24 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #25 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #25 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #3 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.1% | #16 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #9 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #8 of 20 |
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
387
-74 (-16%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 387 | 43.1 | 9.0:1 | 76% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 40.9 | 10.7:1 | 79% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 40.1 | 10.6:1 | 99% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 99% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 34.9 | 13.1:1 | 80% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 35 | 10.9:1 | 78% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 33 | 12.1:1 | 72% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 476 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 61% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 31 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thrasher High School.
About Thrasher High School
This page covers Thrasher High School, a small school serving multiple grade levels in Booneville, Mississippi. It is open to students in pre-K through 12 and enrolls 387 students. That is 27% below the average of about 527 students for combined schools in Mississippi.
Prentiss County School District runs Thrasher High School along with 5 other schools, enrolling 2,176 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Thrasher High School is 79% White. Enrollment also includes 14% multiracial and 6% Black. In Prentiss County overall, the White share is about 80%. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at Thrasher High School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Thrasher High School totals 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.0:1. Statewide, combined schools in Mississippi average 11.8:1. Federal data show 76% of students (296) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at Thrasher High School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (56.6% actual, 55.9% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Prentiss County show that the median household earns about $49,724 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across Prentiss County, 13 public schools serve about 3,973 students.
Thrasher High School's closest public school neighbor is R.H. Long Booneville Middle School, about 3.8 miles away. Within five miles of Thrasher High School, there are 3 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 56.6% is below the 64.6% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 461 to 387, a 16% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.8:1 to 9.0:1.
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Prentiss County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,184
Census ACS
Median income
$49,724
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,973 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prentiss County School District
- Wheeler High SchoolCombined · 577 students
- Hills Chapel SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Jumpertown SchoolCombined · 305 students
- Marietta Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- New Site High SchoolHigh · 239 students
- PRENTISS CO VOC COMPLEXHigh
Other schools in Booneville
- Wheeler High SchoolCombined · 577 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- R.H. Long Booneville Middle SchoolMiddle · 416 students
- Hills Chapel SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Booneville High SchoolHigh · 370 students
- Jumpertown SchoolCombined · 305 students
Nearby schools
- R.H. Long Booneville Middle School3.8 mi · 416
- Booneville High School3.8 mi · 370
- Anderson Elementary School3.9 mi · 551
- Hills Chapel School7.5 mi · 398
- Jumpertown School7.5 mi · 305
- Biggersville High School8.4 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Thrasher High SchoolHow large is Thrasher High School?
Thrasher High School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades PK-12.
Is Thrasher High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thrasher High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Thrasher High School?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Thrasher High School.
How diverse is Thrasher High School?
Thrasher High School reports a student body of 79% White, 1% Hispanic, 6% Black, 14% Two or more.
What district is Thrasher High School in?
Thrasher High School is part of Prentiss County School District.
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