High · Mississippi

Murrah High School

Free meals for all

Murrah High School, a public high school in Jackson, Mississippi: grades 9–13, 1,259 students, 15.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jackson Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,259
Teachers (FTE)
79.9
Students per teacher
15.8
Grades
9–13
High

More students per teacher than 89% of high schools in Mississippi

Median 12.6 · 199 schools compared

More students per teacher than 60% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 88% of high schools in Mississippi

Median 488 · 201 schools compared

Larger than 80% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 9–13
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Jackson Public Schools.

Location

Address
1400 Murrah Drive, Jackson, MS 39202
Phone
(601)960-5380
City or town
Jackson

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
7–1289511.0
Provine High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1279110.6
Career Development CenterCareer and technical
9–120—
Jim Hill High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1297511.4
Callaway High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1399414.0
9–131,27814.1

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 280219000403