Summary:
The Booneville School District is served by a single high school, Booneville High School, which enrolls 265 students in grades 10 through 12 and operates with a very low student-teacher ratio of 8.6 to 1.
Booneville High School presents a mixed but compelling picture. On one hand, it consistently outperforms both the district and the state in English Language Arts and Reading, with 10th-grade proficiency rates (46.6% in ELA and 47.8% in Reading) significantly above the state averages (37.2% and 39%, respectively). The school also boasts a strong graduation rate of 94.7%, well above the state average of 90.1%, despite serving a student body where 100% qualify for free or reduced lunch. However, the school has a critical and persistent weakness in Geometry, where only 4.3% of 10th graders were proficient in the most recent year, compared to the state average of 16.5%. This subject-specific crisis is a major concern for college and career readiness in STEM fields.
The school's state ranking has been highly volatile, swinging from a 5-star, 90th-percentile ranking in 2024-2025 to a 3-star, 66th-percentile ranking in 2025-2026. This dramatic drop may be linked to the extremely low Geometry scores dragging down the overall composite, or it could reflect changes in the state's assessment test or the student cohort. Notably, the district's overall Geometry proficiency (21.4%) is actually higher than the high school's (5.6%), suggesting that Geometry skills may decline once students reach the high school level. Conversely, the high school's strong ELA and Reading scores far exceed the district's averages, indicating that Booneville High School is exceptionally effective at catching students up in these subjects, even as it struggles with math instruction.
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