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Best High Schools in Jones County, MS

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Schools

4,557

Students

Districts

Top rankedSouth Jones High School44^th of 232 Mississippi high schools

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Biggest riser

Laurel High School up 44 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Northeast Jones High School 10.4 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP English Language Arts (2025)		MAAP Mathematics (2025)		MAAP Algebra I (2025)	MAAP English II (2025)	MAAP Science (2025)	MAAP Biology (2025)	MAAP U.S. History1 (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Science 8th Grade	MAAP Biology End of Course	MAAP U.S. History1 End of Course	Total
Jones County Career & Technical Education Center	Public	7-12	2409 Moose Drive	Laurel	39440	Jones County	Jones County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 425-2378	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Northeast Jones High School	Public	7-12	68 Northeast Drive	Laurel	39443	Jones County	Jones County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 425-2347	938	90	10.4	66.3%	615 (65.6%)	194 (20.7%)	68 (7.2%)	2 (0.2%)	21 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.1%)	59.2	104^th of 232 public high schools	55.2%		56.9	103^rd of 228 public high schools	54.8%	1	35.0	36.3	69.4	63.7	67.9	50.6	54.1	70.9	66.9	$12,755
South Jones High School	Public	7-12	313 Anderson Street	Ellisville	39437	Jones County	Jones County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 477-8451	1,300	97	13.4	64.5%	875 (67.3%)	232 (17.8%)	159 (12.2%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (2.1%)	78.7	44^th of 232 public high schools	81.0%		71.8	57^th of 228 public high schools	75.0%	13	41.4	39.9	58.3	54.3	67.8	63.0	42.6	71.4	83.1	$9,998
West Jones High School	Public	7-12	254 Springhill Road	Laurel	39443	Jones County	Jones County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 729-8144	1,587	112	14.1	66.3%	792 (49.9%)	366 (23.1%)	376 (23.7%)	13 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (2.5%)	67.2	81^st of 232 public high schools	65.1%		61.9	90^th of 228 public high schools	60.5%	9	43.2	44.4	54.0	61.2	67.1	58.5	55.7	57.4	72.4	$9,829
Laurel High School	Public	9-12	1100 W 12th Street	Laurel	39440	Jones County	Laurel School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 649-4145	732	43	17.2	99.9%	10 (1.4%)	574 (78.4%)	114 (15.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.2%)	34.1	152^nd of 232 public high schools	34.5%		16.9	196^th of 228 public high schools	14.0%	44					47.5	41.8		46.8	58.9	$12,153
Laurel High School Vocational Complex	Public	9-12	1100 W 11th Street	Laurel	39440	Jones County	Laurel School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 649-4144	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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