Summary:
The city of Horn Lake, Mississippi is home to 5 schools, including 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school, all part of the Desoto County School District. While the schools show a range of performance, with some standout results, the district overall faces challenges in academic achievement and socioeconomic factors.
Horn Lake High School stands out as the top performer, ranking 147 out of 232 Mississippi high schools and earning a 2-star rating. The school boasts relatively high proficiency rates in Algebra I and U.S. History, as well as a graduation rate of 89.4% - above the state average. In contrast, Horn Lake Middle School also performs well, ranking 183 out of 266 Mississippi middle schools and achieving a 100% proficiency rate in Algebra I, significantly higher than the district and state.
However, the elementary schools in Horn Lake, including Horn Lake Intermediate and Shadow Oaks Elementary, struggle with lower proficiency rates, particularly in English Language Arts. Additionally, all schools in the district face high rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, ranging from 75.14% to 85.15%, and chronic absenteeism, with 23.9% of students chronically absent in the 2022-2023 school year. These socioeconomic challenges may be contributing factors to the overall academic underperformance seen across the district.
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