In its annual list of the Best High Schools, U.S. News and World Report awarded bronze medals to two schools in northeast Mississippi.
Eupora High School in the Webster County School District and the Nanih Waiya Attendance Center in the Louisville Municipal School District, both received bronze medals
In total, the publication awarded three Mississippi schools with silver medals, while 54 earned bronze.
The rankings factored in each school’s graduation rates, along with a College Readiness Index, based on the percentages of each school’s students who took and passed AP and IB exams.
Not all schools or school districts in Mississippi were listed in the rankings, including the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District and the West Point Consolidated School District.
Ocean Springs High School in Ocean Springs finished as the top-ranked school in Mississippi and finished No. 1,746 in national rankings.
Oceans Springs finished with a graduation rate of 87 percent, a 33.3 College Readiness Index score and a silver medal awarded.
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SCHOOLS
Eupora High School (Webster Co. School District)
• Graduation rate: 86 percent
• College Readiness: N/A
• Medal awarded: Bronze
• Grades: 6-12
• Total enrollment: 451
• Student-Teacher ratio: 15:1
• Total minority enrollment: 34 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 56 percent
• Reading proficiency: 47 percent
Nanih Waiya Attendance Center (Louisville Municipal School District)
• Graduation rate: 99 percent
• College Readiness: N/A
• Medal awarded: Bronze
• Grades; K-12
• Total enrollment: 522
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 15:1
• Total minority enrollment: 25 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 37 percent
• Reading proficiency: 55 percent
Amory High School (Amory School District)
• Graduation rate: 82 percent
• College Readiness: 5.4
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 9-12
• Total enrollment: 528
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 22:1
• Total minority enrollment: 38 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 38 percent
• Reading proficiency: 43 percent
Aberdeen High School (Aberdeen School District)
• Graduation rate: 72 percent
• College Readiness: N/A
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 9-12
• Total enrollment: 332
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 7:1
• Total minority enrollment: 97 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 22 percent
• Reading proficiency: 19 percent
Caledonia High School (Lowndes County School District)
• Graduation rate: 81 percent
• College readiness: 23.4
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 9-12
• Total enrollment: 577
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 14:1
• Total minority enrollment: 23 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 27 percent
• Reading proficiency: 53 percent
Choctaw County High School (Choctaw County School District)
• Graduation rate: 77 percent
• College Readiness: N/A
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 7-12
• Total enrollment: 533
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 12:1
• Total minority enrollment: 34 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 21 percent
• Reading proficiency: 40 percent
Columbus High School (Columbus Municipal School District)
• Graduation rate: 80 percent
• College readiness: 9.3
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 9-12
• Total enrollment: 1,081
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 13:1
• Total minority enrollment: 95 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 11 percent
• Reading proficiency: 19 percent
East Webster High School (Webster County School District)
• Graduation rate: 82 percent
• College readiness: N/A
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 6-12
• Total enrollment: 483
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 17:1
• Total minority enrollment: 13 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 20 percent
• Reading proficiency: 40 percent
Hatley (Monroe County School District)
• Graduation rate: 86 percent
• College readiness: N/A
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: Pre-K through 12
• Total enrollment: 1,147
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 16:1
• Total minority enrollment: 5 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 28 percent
• Reading proficiency: 47 percent
Louisville High School (Louisville Municipal School District)
• Graduation rate: 77 percent
• College readiness: 6.6
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 9-12
• Total enrollment: 533
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 16:1
• Total minority enrollment: 85 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 12 percent
• Reading proficiency: 23 percent
Neshoba County High School (Neshoba County School District)
• Graduation rate: 87 percent
• College Readiness: 7.6
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 9-12
• Total enrollment: 962
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 18:1
• Total minority enrollment: 32 percent
• Mathematics proficiency:20 percent
• Reading proficiency: 41 percent
New Hope High School (Lowndes Co. School District)
• Graduation rate: 86 percent
• College Readiness: 9.9
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 9-12
• Total enrollment: 769
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 15:1
• Total minority enrollment: 44 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 8 percent
• Reading proficiency: 43 percent
Noxubee County High School (Noxubee County School District)
• Graduation rate: 74 percent
• College Readiness: N/A
• Medal Awarded: N/A
• Grades: 9-12
• Total enrollment: 526
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 13:1
• Total minority enrollment: 100 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: 1 percent
• Reading proficiency: 17 percent
West Lowndes High School (Lowndes County School District)
• Graduation rate: 77 percent
• College Readiness: 10.6
• Medal awarded: N/A
• Grades: 7-12
• Total enrollment: 225
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 8:1
• Total minority enrollment: 99 percent
• Mathematics proficiency: N/A
• Reading proficiency: 9 percent
For the original interactive report, click here: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/rankings-overview