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Brandon 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
3090 Highway 18
Brandon, MS 39042
Phone
(601) 825-2261
District
RANKIN CO SCHOOL DIST
County
RANKIN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1620
Classroom Teachers
99

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

8

(10 is best)

Better than 74.2% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Brandon High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
63%
54%
57%
44%
68%
65%
    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
16
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 415 25.6%
Grade 10 398 24.6%
Grade 11 388 24.0%
Grade 12 388 24.0%
Total 1620 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 64.8% 68.7% 44.9%
Black 32.1% 26.3% 48.3%
Hispanic 1.9% 3.4% 4.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.1% 1.5% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.8% 99.6% 99.6%
Free lunch eligible 99.8% 99.6% 99.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 129,035 2,940,057
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 164.5 61
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.3% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.0% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.5% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 15.5% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 47,463 1,121,269
Single Parent Households With Children 7.0% 10.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.2% 86.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.1% 23.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.1% 10.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.1% 13.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.1% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.6% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.6% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.5% 16.0%
$15,000 or less 7.1% 13.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,700 $109,212,000 41.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $574 $10,997,840 4.2%
Staff $404 $7,740,640 2.9%
General Administration $186 $3,563,760 1.3%
School Administration $678 $12,990,480 4.9%
Operation $777 $14,887,320 5.6%
Transportation $361 $6,916,760 2.6%
Other $125 $2,395,000 0.9%
Total Support $3,106 $59,510,960 22.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,012 $96,029,920 36.3%
Total Expenditures $13,819 $264,772,040 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,791 $2,571,482,498 50.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $243,578,641 4.8%
Staff $462 $205,231,515 4.0%
General Administration $345 $153,073,043 3.0%
School Administration $608 $270,083,878 5.3%
Operation $1,028 $456,579,060 8.9%
Transportation $455 $201,987,912 4.0%
Other $271 $120,561,198 2.4%
Total Support $3,718 $1,651,159,564 32.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,991 $884,119,624 17.3%
Total Expenditures $11,500 $5,106,741,850 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%