MS public school directory
Public schools and districts in Mississippi
A source-first directory of every currently open district and school in the federal NCES file. Lists are ordered by enrollment, not presented as quality rankings.
- Districts
- 152
- Schools
- 1,017
- Reported students
- 431,915
- Student–teacher ratio
- 13.4:1
District and school directory: preliminary NCES CCD 2025–26. Enrollment and teacher counts: NCES CCD 2024–25 where reported.
District directory
School districts in Mississippi
| District | Location | Schools | Students | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeSoto County School District NCES 2801320 | Hernando | 43 | 34,934 | 15.3:1 |
| Rankin County School District NCES 2803830 | Brandon | 28 | 18,196 | 13:1 |
| Jackson Public Schools NCES 2802190 | Jackson | 40 | 17,429 | 13.9:1 |
| Harrison County School District NCES 2801770 | Gulfport | 24 | 14,253 | 15.3:1 |
| Madison County Schools NCES 2802790 | Ridgeland | 23 | 12,926 | 12:1 |
| Lamar County School District NCES 2802400 | Purvis | 17 | 10,318 | 13.3:1 |
| Jackson County School District NCES 2802160 | Vancleave | 14 | 8,845 | 14.7:1 |
| Jones County School District NCES 2802280 | Ellisville | 11 | 8,693 | 13.2:1 |
| Tupelo Public School District NCES 2804320 | Tupelo | 14 | 7,192 | 13:1 |
| Vicksburg Warren School District NCES 2804470 | VICKSBURG | 15 | 6,610 | 13.7:1 |
| Pascagoula-Gautier School District NCES 2803480 | Pascagoula | 19 | 6,579 | 11.7:1 |
| Lee County NCES 2802550 | Tupelo | 15 | 6,343 | 12.5:1 |
| Lauderdale County School District NCES 2802430 | Meridian | 12 | 5,940 | 13.1:1 |
| Gulfport School District NCES 2801710 | Gulfport | 11 | 5,927 | 13.6:1 |
| Biloxi Public School District NCES 2800630 | Biloxi | 10 | 5,699 | 13.7:1 |
| Ocean Springs School District NCES 2803360 | Ocean Springs | 7 | 5,677 | 13.6:1 |
| Lowndes County School District NCES 2802730 | COLUMBUS | 11 | 5,261 | 13:1 |
| Clinton Public School District NCES 2801090 | Clinton | 9 | 5,148 | 14.4:1 |
| Hinds County School District NCES 2801860 | RAYMOND | 10 | 4,940 | 14.6:1 |
| Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District NCES 2800189 | Starkville | 9 | 4,880 | 12.6:1 |
| Oxford School District NCES 2803450 | Oxford | 7 | 4,763 | 13.9:1 |
| Meridian Public Schools NCES 2802910 | Meridian | 11 | 4,385 | 12.3:1 |
| Pearl Public Schools NCES 2803520 | PEARL | 5 | 4,258 | 14.3:1 |
| Petal School District NCES 2803530 | PETAL | 5 | 4,253 | 12.9:1 |
| South Panola School District NCES 2804050 | Batesville | 7 | 4,220 | 13.6:1 |
| George County School District NCES 2801560 | LUCEDALE | 9 | 4,049 | 13.9:1 |
| Scott County School District NCES 2803900 | Forest | 9 | 3,989 | 17.2:1 |
| Hancock School District NCES 2801740 | Kiln | 7 | 3,934 | 12.7:1 |
| Hattiesburg NCES 2801800 | Hattiesburg | 9 | 3,918 | 13.1:1 |
| Grenada School District NCES 2801680 | GRENADA | 5 | 3,863 | 13.8:1 |
| Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District NCES 2800198 | GREENWOOD | 13 | 3,718 | 13.6:1 |
| Picayune School District NCES 2803630 | Picayune | 11 | 3,509 | 13:1 |
| Pontotoc County School District NCES 2803660 | PONTOTOC | 9 | 3,465 | 13.5:1 |
| Itawamba County NCES 2802100 | Fulton | 8 | 3,275 | 11.4:1 |
| Greenville Public School District NCES 2801620 | Greenville | 11 | 3,264 | 13.8:1 |
| Alcorn School District NCES 2800390 | CORINTH | 9 | 3,226 | 10.5:1 |
| Canton Public Schools NCES 2800900 | Canton | 9 | 3,157 | 14.7:1 |
| Pearl River County School District NCES 2803540 | Carriere | 4 | 3,128 | 15.6:1 |
| Columbus Municipal School District NCES 2801200 | Columbus | 9 | 3,011 | 12.9:1 |
| Union County School District NCES 2804350 | NEW ALBANY | 4 | 2,986 | 15:1 |
| Wayne County School District NCES 2804530 | Waynesboro | 8 | 2,977 | 14.4:1 |
| Neshoba County Schools NCES 2803060 | PHILADELPHIA | 3 | 2,972 | 14.7:1 |
| Long Beach School District NCES 2802670 | Long Beach | 5 | 2,874 | 13.7:1 |
| Lafayette County NCES 2802370 | Oxford | 5 | 2,854 | 13.2:1 |
| Tishomingo County School District NCES 2804260 | Iuka | 8 | 2,844 | 11.9:1 |
| Sunflower County Consolidated School District NCES 2800187 | Indianola | 13 | 2,807 | 13.1:1 |
| Simpson County School District NCES 2803990 | Mendenhall | 8 | 2,797 | 14.5:1 |
| Cleveland School District NCES 2800750 | CLEVELAND | 10 | 2,793 | 11.9:1 |
| Lincoln County School District NCES 2802640 | BROOKHAVEN | 4 | 2,791 | 13.8:1 |
| Marshall County School District NCES 2802850 | HOLLY SPRINGS | 10 | 2,769 | 13.4:1 |
| Laurel School District NCES 2802460 | LAUREL | 8 | 2,620 | 16:1 |
| Natchez-Adams School District NCES 2803030 | NATCHEZ | 8 | 2,554 | 13:1 |
| Smith County School District NCES 2804020 | RALEIGH | 8 | 2,538 | 13.7:1 |
| Stone County School District NCES 2804170 | Wiggins | 5 | 2,532 | 14.6:1 |
| West Point Consolidated School District NCES 2800191 | West Point | 8 | 2,528 | 12.3:1 |
| Covington County School District NCES 2801290 | COLLINS | 9 | 2,492 | 11.5:1 |
| Brookhaven School District NCES 2800840 | BROOKHAVEN | 7 | 2,432 | 12:1 |
| Louisville Municipal School District NCES 2802700 | LOUISVILLE | 7 | 2,413 | 14.4:1 |
| Leake County School District NCES 2802520 | CARTHAGE | 6 | 2,408 | 13.9:1 |
| South Tippah School District NCES 2804110 | Ripley | 6 | 2,403 | 12.3:1 |
| Corinth School District NCES 2801260 | CORINTH | 3 | 2,400 | 14.6:1 |
| Pontotoc City School District NCES 2803690 | Pontotoc | 5 | 2,400 | 13:1 |
| Holmes County Consolidated NCES 2800195 | Lexington | 9 | 2,300 | 13.5:1 |
| Chickasaw County School District NCES 2800200 | Houston | 7 | 2,197 | 12.2:1 |
| Prentiss County School District NCES 2803750 | Booneville | 7 | 2,176 | 10.1:1 |
| NEW ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS NCES 2803120 | New Albany | 5 | 2,149 | 14.2:1 |
| North Pike Schools NCES 2803240 | Summit | 5 | 2,135 | 13.9:1 |
| Forrest County School District NCES 2801490 | Hattiesburg | 6 | 2,124 | 11.7:1 |
| McComb School District NCES 2802880 | MCCOMB | 8 | 2,121 | 13.1:1 |
| Copiah County School District NCES 2801220 | Hazlehurst | 4 | 2,077 | 14.6:1 |
| Tate County School District NCES 2804230 | Coldwater | 6 | 2,004 | 13.2:1 |
| Monroe County School District NCES 2802940 | AMORY | 5 | 2,002 | 11.3:1 |
| Calhoun County School District NCES 2800870 | PITTSBORO | 6 | 1,989 | 11.1:1 |
| Kosciusko School District NCES 2802340 | KOSCIUSKO | 6 | 1,973 | 13.9:1 |
| Poplarville School District NCES 2803720 | Poplarville | 5 | 1,969 | 14.4:1 |
| Clarksdale Municipal School District NCES 2801050 | CLARKSDALE | 8 | 1,857 | 16.4:1 |
| Yazoo City Municipal School District NCES 2804770 | YAZOO CITY | 5 | 1,824 | 14.6:1 |
| Marion County School District NCES 2802820 | Columbia | 8 | 1,794 | 13.1:1 |
| Pass Christian School District NCES 2803510 | Pass Christian | 4 | 1,768 | 12.7:1 |
| Senatobia Municipal School District NCES 2803930 | Senatobia | 4 | 1,754 | 16.1:1 |
| Western Line Schools NCES 2804680 | Avon | 4 | 1,739 | 14.7:1 |
| Webster County Schools NCES 2804560 | EUPORA | 5 | 1,717 | 12.7:1 |
| Walthall County School District NCES 2804440 | Tylertown | 6 | 1,698 | 12.4:1 |
| Lawrence County School District NCES 2802490 | Monticello | 6 | 1,674 | 11.5:1 |
| Bay Waveland School District NCES 2800570 | BAY ST LOUIS | 4 | 1,664 | 12.7:1 |
| NEWTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NCES 2803150 | DECATUR | 4 | 1,650 | 13.4:1 |
| Columbia School District NCES 2801170 | Columbia | 4 | 1,639 | 13:1 |
| Forest Municipal School District NCES 2801470 | FOREST | 3 | 1,638 | 15.5:1 |
| Greene County Schools NCES 2801590 | Leakesville | 6 | 1,621 | 13.5:1 |
| Moss Point School District NCES 2803000 | MOSS POINT | 6 | 1,611 | 12.3:1 |
| Tunica School District NCES 2804290 | TUNICA | 6 | 1,598 | 12.2:1 |
| Amory School District NCES 2800450 | Amory | 5 | 1,461 | 12.3:1 |
| South Pike School District NCES 2804080 | Magnolia | 7 | 1,461 | 13.3:1 |
| Quitman School District NCES 2803780 | Quitman | 6 | 1,459 | 11.6:1 |
| West Jasper School District NCES 2804590 | BAY SPRINGS | 4 | 1,371 | 13.1:1 |
| Booneville School District NCES 2800820 | Booneville | 4 | 1,337 | 14.4:1 |
| Noxubee County School District NCES 2803300 | MACON | 5 | 1,321 | 14.5:1 |
| Hazlehurst City School District NCES 2801830 | HAZLEHURST | 3 | 1,320 | 15.2:1 |
| Choctaw County Schools NCES 2800990 | Ackerman | 5 | 1,233 | 10.4:1 |
| North Tippah School District NCES 2803270 | FALKNER | 3 | 1,220 | 12.6:1 |
| Jeff Davis County School District NCES 2802250 | PRENTISS | 5 | 1,217 | 13.5:1 |
| Yazoo County School District NCES 2804800 | YAZOO CITY | 4 | 1,216 | 11:1 |
| Franklin County School District NCES 2801530 | Meadville | 4 | 1,147 | 8:1 |
| Claiborne County Public Schools NCES 2801020 | PORT GIBSON | 4 | 1,135 | 12.9:1 |
| Humphreys County NCES 2802040 | BELZONI | 4 | 1,130 | 14.3:1 |
| North Panola NCES 2803210 | SARDIS | 6 | 1,103 | 13.2:1 |
| Jefferson County School District NCES 2802220 | FAYETTE | 5 | 1,083 | 13.4:1 |
| Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District NCES 2800196 | Winona | 3 | 1,069 | 12.6:1 |
| Coahoma County School District NCES 2801110 | CLARKSDALE | 5 | 1,009 | 11.6:1 |
| Water Valley School District NCES 2804500 | Water Valley | 2 | 997 | 13.5:1 |
| Nettleton School District NCES 2803090 | Nettleton | 4 | 994 | 12.9:1 |
| Holly Springs School District NCES 2801950 | Holly Springs | 5 | 993 | 14.4:1 |
| Union Public School District NCES 2804380 | UNION | 3 | 976 | 12.4:1 |
| Attala County Schools NCES 2800510 | KOSCIUSKO | 5 | 952 | 9.9:1 |
| Aberdeen School District NCES 2800360 | Aberdeen | 3 | 924 | 12.6:1 |
| Enterprise NCES 2801440 | ENTERPRISE | 3 | 918 | 10.9:1 |
| Amite County School District NCES 2800420 | LIBERTY | 4 | 914 | 10.9:1 |
| Benton County School District NCES 2800600 | Ashland | 4 | 909 | 10.8:1 |
| Kemper County School District NCES 2802310 | DeKalb | 5 | 888 | 9.1:1 |
| West Bolivar Consolidated School District NCES 2800185 | Rosedale | 5 | 873 | 11.5:1 |
| Perry County School District NCES 2803570 | NEW AUGUSTA | 6 | 847 | 9.6:1 |
| Quitman County School District NCES 2803810 | MARKS | 4 | 835 | 19.4:1 |
| East Tallahatchie School District NCES 2801410 | CHARLESTON | 4 | 797 | 15.3:1 |
| NEWTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NCES 2803180 | Newton | 4 | 782 | 12.3:1 |
| Philadelphia Public School District NCES 2803600 | PHILADELPHIA | 3 | 757 | 12:1 |
| North Bolivar Consolidated School District NCES 2800186 | MOUND BAYOU | 3 | 749 | 12.3:1 |
| Baldwyn School District NCES 2800540 | BALDWYN | 3 | 739 | 12.2:1 |
| East Jasper School District NCES 2801380 | HEIDELBERG | 3 | 739 | 14.8:1 |
| Carroll County School District NCES 2800930 | CARROLLTON | 2 | 734 | 12:1 |
| Wilkinson County School District NCES 2804710 | WOODVILLE | 3 | 694 | 9:1 |
| Leland School District NCES 2802610 | LELAND | 4 | 671 | 12.7:1 |
| Clarksdale Collegiate NCES 2800194 | CLARKSDALE | 1 | 652 | 21.7:1 |
| Richton School District NCES 2803870 | Richton | 2 | 586 | 13:1 |
| Ambition Preparatory Charter School NCES 2800197 | JACKSON | 1 | 563 | 20.9:1 |
| Forrest County Agricultural High School NCES 2801510 | Brooklyn | 1 | 562 | 10.8:1 |
| South Delta School District NCES 2803960 | ROLLING FORK | 4 | 548 | 11.4:1 |
| West Tallahatchie School District NCES 2804650 | Sumner | 3 | 548 | 16.1:1 |
| Joel E. Smilow Collegiate NCES 2800193 | Jackson | 1 | 547 | 21:1 |
| Hollandale School District NCES 2801890 | Hollandale | 3 | 534 | 12.1:1 |
| Joel E. Smilow Prep NCES 2800192 | JACKSON | 1 | 521 | 20:1 |
| Okolona School District NCES 2803390 | OKOLONA | 4 | 512 | 11.1:1 |
| Reimagine Prep NCES 2800188 | Jackson | 1 | 457 | 21.8:1 |
| Midtown Public Charter School NCES 2800190 | Jackson | 1 | 420 | 13.5:1 |
| Coffeeville School District NCES 2801140 | Coffeeville | 2 | 367 | 9.7:1 |
| Revive NCES 2804801 | Jackson | 1 | 367 | 21.6:1 |
| Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science NCES 2801194 | Columbus | 1 | 240 | 9.2:1 |
| LEFLORE LEGACY ACADEMY NCES 2800199 | Greenwood | 1 | 203 | 13.5:1 |
| Instant Impact Global Prep NCES 2804802 | Natchez | 1 | 160 | — |
| MS Schools For The Blind And Deaf NCES 2801189 | JACKSON | 2 | 109 | 3.8:1 |
| MS School Of The Arts NCES 2800031 | Brookhaven | 1 | 104 | 8.7:1 |
| SR1 College Preparatory & STEM Academy NCES 2804803 | Canton | 1 | 87 | 29:1 |
| MDHS Division Of Youth Services NCES 2801191 | Raymond | 1 | 33 | 2.5:1 |
High school directory
Large public high schools in Mississippi
A practical starting list ordered by reported enrollment; this is not a ranking.
Tupelo High School
Tupelo Public School District · 09–12
DeSoto Central High School
DeSoto County School District · 09–13
Ocean Springs High School
Ocean Springs School District · 09–13
Southaven High School
DeSoto County School District · 09–13
Northwest High School
Rankin County School District · 09–13
Oak Grove High School
Lamar County School District · 09–13
Gulfport High School
Gulfport School District · 09–13
Biloxi High School
Biloxi Public School District · 09–13
Brandon High School
Rankin County School District · 09–13
West Jones High School
Jones County School District · 07–13
Hernando High School
DeSoto County School District · 09–13
Harrison Central High
Harrison County School District · 09–13
D'Iberville High
Harrison County School District · 09–13
Germantown High School
Madison County Schools · 09–13
Starkville High School
Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District · 09–13
Clinton High School
Clinton Public School District · 10–13
Oxford High School
Oxford School District · 09–13
Lewisburg High School
DeSoto County School District · 09–13
Petal High School
Petal School District · 09–13
South Jones High School
Jones County School District · 07–13