High · Mississippi
Shaw High School
Shaw High School, a public high school in Shaw, Mississippi: grades 7–12, 200 students, 11.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of West Bolivar Consolidated 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
- 200
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.5
- Students per teacher
- 11.4
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 69% of high schools in Mississippi
Median 12.6 · 199 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 72% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 95% of high schools in Mississippi
Median 488 · 201 schools compared
Smaller than 69% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Mississippi's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Mississippi: 47%15%proficient
−1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 89% of high schools in Mississippi
Median 34% · 46 high schools compared
74 students tested, grades 7, 8 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Mississippi: 52%16%proficient
−4.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 98% of high schools in Mississippi
Median 40% · 46 high schools compared
74 students tested, grades 7, 8 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- 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 West Bolivar Consolidated School District.
Location
- Address
- 601 Hwy 61 North, Shaw, MS 38773
- Phone
- (662)754-6109
- City or town
- Shaw
- County
- Bolivar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland Central High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 799 | 17.8 |
Alternative SchoolAlternative | 5–12 | 0 | — |
Cleveland Voc Tech ComplexCareer and technical | 8–12 | 0 | — |
Gentry High SchoolFree meals for all | 10–12 | 465 | 13.2 |
Indianola Career & Tech CenterCareer and technical | 10–12 | 0 | — |
Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 331 | 11.0 |
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
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.
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