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Enrollment
347
High
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280282001247
WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL
2 West Marion Street, Foxworth, MS 39483 · (601) 736-6381 · Marion County
GRADES 09–13HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- ABeats 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
11.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
344 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 | 83 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 98 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 83 | 24% |
Student demographics
50%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
50.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
89.0%
MS avg 52.8% . +27.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 28 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 61.3% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 16 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 WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL
WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL this school | 347 | 99.1% | 61.0% |
| Greene County High School Leakesville | 446 | 99.3% | 76.7% |
| Choctaw County High School ACKERMAN | 511 | 99.4% | 56.1% |
| Lake High School Lake | 231 | 98.7% | 64.3% |
| Union High School UNION | 280 | 98.9% | 80.2% |
| Riverside High School Avon | 320 | 99.1% | 41.1% |
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 WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #82 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #10 of 199 ▲ 90 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #77 of 199 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #154 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #60 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #87 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #69 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.4% | #2 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
347
-262 (-43%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 347 | 29.9 | 11.6:1 | 99% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 39.2 | 15.0:1 | 100% (587) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 44.3 | 12.8:1 | 100% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 609 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 40.9 | 15.0:1 | 82% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 84% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 83% (524) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 84% (384) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL.
About WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL
WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in Foxworth, Mississippi, one of the schools in Marion County School District. It reported 347 students in grades 9 through 13 in 2024-25. High schools in Mississippi have about 651 students on average; enrollment here is 47% lower.
The 7 schools in Marion County School District enroll 2,028 students altogether, WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL among them.
The share of White students at WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL is 63%, a majority. It is also 32% Black and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Marion County at about 64% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 11.6:1 is based on 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Mississippi is 12.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Marion County report 89%.
WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Mississippi public high schools.
WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 16.4 points (61.0% versus 44.5%), a top-10% result in Mississippi on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Marion County, the median household earns about $45,110 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Marion County has 13 public schools with about 3,667 students, including WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL.
WEST MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Reported enrollment: 609 (2020-21) and 347 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.6:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,193
Census ACS
Median income
$45,110
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,667 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marion County School District
- WEST MARION PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
- WEST MARION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 355 students
- EAST MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 298 students
- WEST MARION ELEMENTARYMiddle · 234 students
- EAST MARION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 216 students
- EAST MARION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 143 students
Other schools in Foxworth
- WEST MARION PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
- WEST MARION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 355 students
- WEST MARION ELEMENTARYMiddle · 234 students
Nearby schools
- WEST MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 355
- WEST MARION ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 234
- WEST MARION PRIMARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 435
- Columbia Elementary School2.9 mi · 378
- Columbia Primary School3.1 mi · 448
- Jefferson Middle School3.4 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL?
WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 347 students in grades 09-13.
Is WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-13.
How many teachers does WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL have?
WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL?
At WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 63% White, 2% Hispanic, 32% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marion County School District.
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