High · Mississippi
Perry Central High School
Perry Central High School, a public high school in New Augusta, Mississippi: grades 9–12, 262 students, 12.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Perry County School District.
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
- 262
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.4
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- Grades
- 9–12
- High
More students per teacher than 53% of high schools in Mississippi
Median 12.6 · 199 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 87% of high schools in Mississippi
Median 488 · 201 schools compared
Smaller than 63% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 9–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Perry County School District.
Location
- Address
- 9899 Hwy 98 East, New Augusta, MS 39462
- Phone
- (601)964-3235
- County
- Perry County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Perry County Alternative CenterAlternative | 5–12 | 0 | — |
Perry Co Voc ComplexCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — |
| 7–12 | 281 | 12.6 | |
| 9–12 | 562 | 10.8 | |
| 9–13 | 1,324 | 12.8 | |
Hattiesburg High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–13 | 1,014 | 12.2 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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