Summary:
Collins, Mississippi is served by a single high school, Collins High School, which is part of the Covington County School District and serves grades 7 through 12 with 373 students.
Collins High School faces significant challenges related to poverty and attendance. Nearly all students (99.2%) qualify for free/reduced-price lunch, and 47.8% of students were chronically absent in 2023-24, roughly double the state rate of 23.9%. The graduation rate of 75.4% trails the district average of 82.3% and the state average of 89.2%. The school's state ranking has been volatile, rising from the 12th percentile in 2023-24 to the 25th percentile in 2024-25, then falling to the 8th percentile (0 stars) in 2025-26. Notably, the Covington County School District as a whole ranks in the 49th percentile among Mississippi districts, making Collins a low-performing outlier within a mid-tier district.
Academically, Collins is below district and state averages in every reported subject. The strongest performance is in 7th-grade math, where 48.9% of students are proficient, while the end-of-course exams show the largest gaps, especially Algebra I at 37.7% proficient compared to 66.0% statewide and English II at 29.0% versus 49.3% statewide. Year-over-year results are mixed, with a notable 14-point improvement in 8th-grade English Language Arts but sharp declines in Algebra I (-10.8 points) and Biology (-9.3 points). On a positive note, the student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1 is relatively low, allowing potential for smaller classes, though non-academic barriers appear to be driving outcomes.
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