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South Pontotoc High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1523 South Pontotoc Rd
Pontotoc, MS 38863
Phone
(662) 489-5925
District
PONTOTOC CO SCHOOL DIST
County
PONTOTOC COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
447
Classroom Teachers
32

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

5

(10 is best)

Better than 45.0% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

South Pontotoc High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
64%
69%
54%
62%
73%
77%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 105 23.5%
Grade 10 138 30.9%
Grade 11 104 23.3%
Grade 12 83 18.6%
Total 447 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.2% 77.8% 44.4%
Black 7.1% 9.8% 48.5%
Hispanic 7.1% 12.0% 5.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.4% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 54.6% 65.8% 73.9%
Free lunch eligible 44.5% 52.8% 67.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.1% 13.0% 6.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,312 2,939,690
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 48.6 62
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.3% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.5% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.7% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,193 1,131,760
Single Parent Households With Children 7.2% 10.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 77.2% 86.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.9% 24.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.6% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 13.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.0% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.7% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.9% 17.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.5% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 11.2% 13.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,945 $20,696,000 58.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $408 $1,420,000 4.0%
Staff $510 $1,775,000 5.0%
General Administration $196 $683,000 1.9%
School Administration $522 $1,818,000 5.1%
Operation $726 $2,526,000 7.1%
Transportation $461 $1,606,000 4.5%
Other $97 $337,000 0.9%
Total Support $2,920 $10,165,000 28.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,367 $4,760,000 13.4%
Total Expenditures $10,233 $35,621,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,259 $2,744,497,000 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $631 $276,759,000 5.0%
Staff $536 $235,007,000 4.3%
General Administration $374 $164,183,000 3.0%
School Administration $636 $278,872,000 5.1%
Operation $1,134 $497,098,000 9.0%
Transportation $515 $226,042,000 4.1%
Other $354 $155,392,000 2.8%
Total Support $4,181 $1,833,353,000 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,150 $942,667,000 17.1%
Total Expenditures $12,589 $5,520,517,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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