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Vicksburg High School

3701 DRUMMOND STREET, VICKSBURG, MS 39180 · (601) 636-2914 · Warren County
GRADES 09–13HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Mississippi public high schools
  • FTest 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

Enrollment
785
High
DISTRICT 965 · STATE 651
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
785 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 919625%
Grade 1017622%
Grade 1122529%
Grade 1218724%
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
618%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 40% · US 43%
Hispanic
233%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 7% · US 30%
Black
67486%
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 45% · US 15%
Asian
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
233%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
38849%
Female
39751%

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Test scores

MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
29.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
30.9%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.8pp since 2023

What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

MAAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2529.0%30.9%
2023-2420.9%29.1%
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Vicksburg High School

Vicksburg High School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Vicksburg High School this school785100.0%33.8%
Columbus High School
Columbus
86599.8%35.3%
McComb High School
MCCOMB
632100.0%42.6%
Provine High School
Jackson
791100.0%28.1%
Natchez High School
NATCHEZ
606100.0%36.2%
Jim Hill High School
Jackson
97599.9%44.6%
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 Vicksburg High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Mississippi
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
33.8%#182 of 192
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
30.9%#183 of 199
▼ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
29.0%#161 of 199
▲ 21
Enrollment
ranked largest first
785#59 of 203
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.2:1#111 of 192
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
25.5%#148 of 192
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
100%#37 of 194
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-19.5%#22 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 2024-25
Enrollment
785
-38 (-5%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,309
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2578559.613.2:1100% (785)
2023-248425814.5:1100% (842)
2022-2387156.215.5:1100% (870)
2020-218235116.1:1100% (823)
2017-1897562.715.6:1100% (975)
2015-161,0306715.4:184% (865)
2010-111,1066916.0:174% (822)
2000-011,2397416.7:161% (760)
1990-911,3097317.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vicksburg High School.

About Vicksburg High School

Vicksburg High School is a high school with a street address in VICKSBURG, Mississippi. It teaches 785 students in grades 9 through 13. That is 21% above the average of about 651 students for high schools in Mississippi.

Vicksburg High School is part of a district of 14 schools: Vicksburg Warren School District, with 6,610 students.

By race and ethnicity, Vicksburg High School is 86% Black. Other groups include 8% White, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 49% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.

The school lists 59.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. The average ratio among high schools in Mississippi is similar, at 12.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. The average for public schools in Warren County is similar, at 100%.

Among Mississippi public high schools, Vicksburg High School outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.

Vicksburg High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.8% and a predicted 44.1%.

In Warren County, the median household earns about $59,401 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across Warren County, 16 public schools serve about 6,610 students.

Bowmar Avenue is about 0.8 miles from Vicksburg High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Vicksburg High School is 8th on average proficiency.

NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 785, compared with 823 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.2:1) than in 2020-21 (16.1:1).

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Warren County at a glance

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Population
43,020
Census ACS
Median income
$59,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,610 students

Quick facts

School name
Vicksburg High School
District
Vicksburg Warren School District
Address
3701 DRUMMOND STREET, VICKSBURG, MS 39180
Phone
(601) 636-2914
County
Warren County
Level
High
Grade range
09–13
Total enrollment
785
Teachers (FTE)
60
Student–teacher ratio
13.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
785 (100%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
280447000830
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Vicksburg Warren School District
Other schools in VICKSBURG
Other Vicksburg High schools

One other US public school is named Vicksburg High. Vicksburg High School is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Vicksburg High School
How many students attend Vicksburg High School?
Vicksburg High School enrolls approximately 785 students in grades 09-13.
What grades does Vicksburg High School serve?
Vicksburg High School serves grades 09-13.
How many teachers does Vicksburg High School have?
Vicksburg High School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Vicksburg High School?
Student demographics at Vicksburg High School are roughly 8% White, 3% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Vicksburg High School in?
Vicksburg High School is part of Vicksburg Warren School District.
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