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Gentry High School

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Public Grades 10-12
480
Students ?
14.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
91.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 801 B.B. King
       Indianola, MS  38751

(662) 884-1240

District: Indianola School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
97.5%
White:
1.5%
Hispanic:
0.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 36th percentile in 2005 → 2nd in 2014
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (52% vs 78% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 34 percentile points since 2005
!Biology I scores 40 pts below the Mississippi average
Students meeting standards (2013-2014) ?
This school52%
District avg62%
Mississippi avg78%
Not ranked this year
Gentry High School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMississippi percentileRating
20144.3232 of 2361.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201310.7224 of 2385.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20122.3241 of 2410.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20110.6244 of 2440.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20101.9232 of 2351.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200912.9217 of 2357.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200814.8209 of 23511.1%★☆☆☆☆
20079.1223 of 2323.9%☆☆☆☆☆
200630.1186 of 23219.8%★☆☆☆☆
200543.0149 of 23235.8%★★☆☆☆
200422.1203 of 23212.5%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Mississippi (2013-2014) ?
US History60%-20 vs state
Algebra I57%-26 vs state
English II52%-20 vs state
Biology I38%-40 vs state

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by a student
Monday, October 3, 2011

Open Quote I rated this school as poor because they are very unorganized, Ive been requesting for my transcript for months now and they still haven't sent it. Close Quote







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Students at Gentry High School are 98% African American, 1% White.

In the 2013-14 school year, 480 students attended Gentry High School.


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