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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at WAYNE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
775
High
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280453000850
Wayne County High School
1325 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367 · (601) 735-2851 · Wayne County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL775 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Mississippi public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
12.9:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
772 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 197 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 183 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 212 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 183 | 24% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
46.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 47 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.9% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 72.4% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 17 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 Wayne County High School
Wayne County High School's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County High School this school | 775 | 99.6% | 61.7% |
| Winona Secondary School Winona | 502 | 99.4% | 46.2% |
| Choctaw County High School ACKERMAN | 511 | 99.4% | 56.1% |
| Warren Central High VICKSBURG | 1,145 | 100.0% | 50.3% |
| Mendenhall High School Mendenhall | 646 | 85.9% | 45.0% |
| Cleveland Central High School CLEVELAND | 799 | 99.9% | 44.8% |
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 Wayne County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #78 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #66 of 199 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #90 of 199 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 775 | #61 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #106 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #56 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #50 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #28 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 2024-25Enrollment
775
-75 (-9%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 984
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 775 | 60 | 12.9:1 | 100% (772) |
| 2023-24 | 816 | 63.6 | 12.8:1 | 100% (816) |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 64.2 | 13.1:1 | 100% (840) |
| 2020-21 | 850 | 54 | 15.7:1 | 100% (850) |
| 2017-18 | 928 | 71.2 | 13.0:1 | 100% (928) |
| 2015-16 | 962 | 61 | 15.8:1 | 100% (962) |
| 2010-11 | 1,047 | 65 | 16.1:1 | 79% (822) |
| 2000-01 | 1,152 | 62 | 18.6:1 | 73% (846) |
| 1990-91 | 984 | 47 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wayne County High School.
About Wayne County High School
Wayne County High School is a high school in Waynesboro, Mississippi, according to federal school records. It educates 775 students in grades 9 through 12.
In Wayne County School District, 6 schools enroll a combined 2,977 students.
Wayne County High School is 53% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 40% White and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 38% Black among all Wayne County residents. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.9:1, with 60 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is close to the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Wayne County High School is 100%. That tracks the 99% average for public schools in Wayne County.
The allk12 Grade for Wayne County High School is A-. Compared with Mississippi public high schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Wayne County High School is 17.4 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Mississippi.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wayne County show that the median household income is $37,619, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Besides Wayne County High School, Wayne County has 7 other public schools.
Wayne Central School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Wayne County High School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 39.4% on proficiency, and Wayne County High School is above that at 61.7%.
NCES assigns Wayne County High School the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment at Wayne County High School dropped 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 850 to 775 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.9:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Wayne County High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,718
Census ACS
Median income
$37,619
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne County School District
- Waynesboro Riverview SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Wayne Central SchoolElementary · 459 students
- Buckatunna SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Clara SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Beat Four SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Wayne County Alternative SchoolHigh
Other schools in Waynesboro
- Waynesboro Riverview SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Wayne Central SchoolElementary · 459 students
- Clara SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Beat Four SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Wayne County Alternative SchoolHigh
- Wayne County Career and TechnicalHigh
Other Wayne County High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wayne County High. Wayne County High School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Wayne County High SchoolJesup, GA · 1,576 students
- Wayne County High SchoolMonticello, KY · 895 students
- Wayne County High SchoolWaynesboro, TN · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Wayne Central School0.7 mi · 459
- Waynesboro Riverview School2.1 mi · 491
- Clara School8.3 mi · 418
- Beat Four School10.2 mi · 416
- Buckatunna School12.0 mi · 418
- Millry High School19.0 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Wayne County High SchoolHow large is Wayne County High School?
Wayne County High School enrolls approximately 775 students in grades 09-12.
Is Wayne County High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wayne County High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Wayne County High School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Wayne County High School.
How diverse is Wayne County High School?
Wayne County High School reports a student body of 40% White, 5% Hispanic, 53% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Wayne County High School public or private?
Wayne County High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wayne County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.