NCES CCD 2024-25 18 schools MS

Best-Resourced Schools in Hattiesburg, MS

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

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18
Schools
11,038
Students
45.9/100
Avg Resource Index
12.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hattiesburg has more public-school enrollment than 83% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hattiesburg 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

11 of Hattiesburg's 18 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 24-point gap between Rawls Springs Attendance Center and Oak Grove High School shows the range hidden by Hattiesburg'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 17%
School count
Top 17%
Resource Index average
74th percentile
Teacher staffing
86th percentile

Oak Grove High School accounts for 15.9% of all Hattiesburg public-school enrollment

That concentration means Hattiesburg-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

Hattiesburg school enrollment varies 8.4× across entities

Hattiesburg school enrollment ranges from 209 students (lowest) to 1,750 students (highest), a spread of 1,541 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

Hattiesburg reports 75.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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

Hattiesburg student-teacher ratio is 12.3:1 — 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. Rawls Springs Attendance Center 57
2. Longleaf Elementary 52
3. Bellevue Elementary School 51
4. Hawkins Elementary School 51
5. Earl Travillion Attendance Center 50
6. North Forrest Attendance Center 50
7. Hattiesburg High School 48
8. Grace Christian Elementary School 48
9. Thames Elementary School 46
10. Dixie Attendance Center 46
11. Rowan Elementary School 46
12. Hattiesburg Steam Academy 46
13. Woodley Elementary School 43
14. Oak Grove Elementary 42
15. N R Burger Middle School 41
16. North Forrest High School 39
17. Oak Grove Middle School 37
18. Oak Grove High School 33

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hattiesburg

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 Bellevue Elementary School 65.4/100
  2. 2 Longleaf Elementary 64.7/100
  3. 3 Oak Grove Middle School 64.5/100
  4. 4 Oak Grove High School 64.0/100
  5. 5 Oak Grove Elementary 62.4/100

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Which Hattiesburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Rawls Springs Attendance Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hattiesburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hattiesburg, MS? ▼

Hattiesburg has 18 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,038 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.3:1.

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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.