NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MS

Best-Resourced Schools in Brookhaven, MS

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9 public K-12 schools in Brookhaven from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
4,577
Students
43.6/100
Avg Resource Index
12.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Brookhaven has more public-school enrollment than 51% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Brookhaven sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Brookhaven's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 26-point gap between Ms School for the Arts and Brookhaven High School shows the range hidden by Brookhaven's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 49%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
63rd percentile
Teacher staffing
80th percentile

Brookhaven High School accounts for 16.6% of all Brookhaven public-school enrollment

That concentration means Brookhaven-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brookhaven school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities

Brookhaven school enrollment ranges from 104 students (lowest) to 758 students (highest), a spread of 654 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brookhaven reports 66.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brookhaven student-teacher ratio is 12.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Ms School for the Arts 56
2. Mamie Martin Elementary School 52
3. West Lincoln School 47
4. Lipsey School 45
5. Brookhaven Elementary School 44
6. Enterprise School 40
7. Alexander Junior High School 40
8. Loyd Star School 38
9. Brookhaven High School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Brookhaven

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ms School for the Arts 59.1/100
  2. 2 Brookhaven Elementary School 53.0/100
  3. 3 Mamie Martin Elementary School 52.1/100
  4. 4 Lipsey School 49.5/100
  5. 5 Brookhaven High School 48.3/100

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Which Brookhaven school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ms School for the Arts has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Brookhaven schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Brookhaven, MS? ▼

Brookhaven has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,577 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.