Rosa Scott School
Public high school, grade 9 · Madison, Mississippi
Rosa Scott School in Madison, Mississippi enrolled 373 students in 2024-25 with 36.3 full-time teachers, 10.3 students per teacher against the Mississippi high-school median of 12.6. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it does not take part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 88% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Mississippi: 52.1%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 12% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 8%
422 students in 2022-23, 415 students in 2023-24, 373 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 33.8 to 36.3.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 422 | 33.8 | 12.5 |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 33.2 | 12.5 |
| 2024-25 | 373 | 36.3 | 10.3 |
10.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 85 of every 100 Mississippi high schools
Among the 197 Mississippi high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.6; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
1 AP courses and one counselor per 227 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Rosa Scott School enrolled 454 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 13 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses1
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 227 of the 454 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions13
- Chronically absent17.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
63.0% of students were White, 23.1% Black, 7.8% Asian in 2024-25.
- White63.0%
- Black23.1%
- Asian7.8%
- Hispanic4.0%
- Two or more races2.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Rosa Scott School scored proficient or above: 88% in math, against 52.1% in math across Mississippi. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Mississippi, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23.
| Subject | This school | Its district | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 88% | 65% (2021-22) | 52.1% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
High schools in Madison
3 public high schools in Madison report 2024-25 enrollment; Rosa Scott School is number 3 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown High School | 1,411 | 14.7 | 17.2% |
| Madison Central High School | 1,260 | 13.1 | 18.0% |
| Rosa Scott School | 373 | 10.3 | 16.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Rosa Scott School
- Ridgeland High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 1.4 miles away: 995 students, 12.9 per teacher (2024-25).1.4 mi
- Madison Central High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 2.0 miles away: 1,260 students, 13.1 per teacher (2024-25).2.0 mi
- Compare Rosa Scott School with Ridgeland High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Madison County Schools spends per student$12,248 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,248
- The largest public schools in MississippiRosa Scott School is the number 142 by size of 200 Mississippi high schools open in 2024-25.#142 of 200
- Mississippi schools by students per teacher10.3 students per teacher here against the Mississippi median of 12.6 for high schools.10.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Rosa Scott School
How many students attend Rosa Scott School?
373 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 422 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Madison, MS.What is the student-teacher ratio at Rosa Scott School?
10.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Mississippi median for high schools is 12.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Rosa Scott School a Title I school?
Rosa Scott School was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Rosa Scott School do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Rosa Scott School scored proficient or above: 88% in math, against 52.1% in math across Mississippi. Mississippi's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Rosa Scott School in?
Madison County Schools, NCES district ID 2802790. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 280279001267 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.