Mississippi · NCES CCD 2024-25

Largest Schools in Mississippi

The 50 largest public schools in Mississippi, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.

Compiled from official source data by .
2,123
Largest school
1,390
Avg across top 50
50
Schools listed

The ranking in one line

Tupelo High School in Tupelo is Mississippi's largest public school with 2,123 students enrolled.

2,123
students at Tupelo High School
15.3:1
student-teacher ratio at the largest school
1,390
average across the top 50
# School Enrollment
1 Tupelo High School Tupelo 2,123
2 Grenada Elementary School GRENADA 2,044
3 Desoto Central High School Southaven 2,004
4 Ocean Springs High School Ocean Springs 1,928
5 Southaven High School SOUTHAVEN 1,876
6 Northwest Rankin High School Flowood 1,855
7 Oak Grove High School Hattiesburg 1,750
8 Gulfport High School Gulfport 1,702
9 Biloxi High School Biloxi 1,669
10 Brandon High School Brandon 1,609
11 West Jones High School Laurel 1,587
12 Hernando High School HERNANDO 1,529
13 Harrison Central High School GULFPORT 1,483
14 Diberville Senior High Sch BILOXI 1,478
15 Southaven Middle School SOUTHAVEN 1,423
16 Neshoba Central Elementary School PHILADELPHIA 1,419
17 Pearl River Central Elementar CARRIERE 1,414
18 Germantown High School Madison 1,411
19 Desoto Central Middle School SOUTHAVEN 1,388
20 Starkville High School STARKVILLE 1,376
21 Northwest Rankin Middle School Flowood 1,352
22 Clinton High School Clinton 1,339
23 Oxford High School OXFORD 1,335
24 Lewisburg High School OLIVE BRANCH 1,330
25 Petal High School PETAL 1,324
26 South Jones High School Ellisville 1,300
27 St Martin High School Ocean Springs 1,289
28 Ocean Springs Upper Elementary Scho Ocean Springs 1,284
29 Pearl High School PEARL 1,278
30 Horn Lake High HORN LAKE 1,271
31 Madison Central High School Madison 1,260
32 Murrah High School JACKSON 1,259
33 Meridian High School Meridian 1,253
34 West Harrison High School Gulfport 1,216
35 New Hope Elementary School COLUMBUS 1,191
36 Hancock High School Kiln 1,184
37 Hernando Middle School HERNANDO 1,183
38 Madison Middle School MADISON 1,180
39 Oak Grove Middle School Hattiesburg 1,160
40 Brandon Middle School Brandon 1,155
41 Bellevue Elementary School Hattiesburg 1,145
42 Warren Central High School VICKSBURG 1,145
43 Forest Hill High School JACKSON 1,139
44 Itawamba Attendance Center Fulton 1,129
45 South Jones Elementary School Ellisville 1,129
46 Terry High School Terry 1,127
47 Pascagoula High School Pascagoula 1,127
48 George County High School LUCEDALE 1,115
49 West Jones Elementary School Laurel 1,114
50 South Panola High School Batesville 1,113

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Methodology

Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year. Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.

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