High Schools in Sunflower County Consolidated School District

Summary:

The Sunflower City Consolidated School District in Mississippi is home to two high schools: Gentry High School and Thomas E. Edwards Senior High School. Both schools face significant challenges, with low statewide rankings and underperformance on standardized tests.

Neither Gentry High School nor Thomas E. Edwards Senior High School stand out as clear academic leaders in the district. Both schools rank in the bottom half of Mississippi high schools, with Gentry High School ranked 176th out of 232 and Thomas E. Edwards Senior High School ranked 218th out of 232 for the 2024-2025 school year. The schools' test scores on the MAAP (Mississippi Academic Assessment Program) exams are significantly below the state averages across various subjects, including Algebra I, English II, Biology, and U.S. History.

Additionally, both schools face high rates of chronic absenteeism, at 23.9% for the 2022-2023 school year. The student populations at both schools also face significant economic challenges, with a 100% free/reduced lunch rate for the 2023-2024 school year. However, the relatively low student-teacher ratios, 13.1 at Gentry High School and 11.0 at Thomas E. Edwards Senior High School, could be seen as a potential advantage, allowing for more individualized attention and support for students.

District Detail

196 Martin Luther King Drive
Indianola, MS 38751

(662) 887-5501

SchoolDigger Rank:
98^th of 130 Mississippi districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,807

Primary Schools: 4
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 3
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP Algebra I (2025)	MAAP English II (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 Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Biology End of Course	MAAP U.S. History1 End of Course	Total
Thomas E. Edwards Senior High School	Public	9-12	360 L F Packer Drive	Ruleville	38771	Sunflower County	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 756-4757	331	30	11.0	100.0%	6 (1.8%)	304 (91.8%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.5%)	8.3	218^th of 232 public high schools	6.0%		16.5	197^th of 228 public high schools	13.6%	21	51.0	16.8	36.2	72.2	$15,679
Gentry High School	Public	10-12	801 BB King Road	Indianola	38751	Sunflower County	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 884-1240	465	35	13.2	100.0%	1 (0.2%)	442 (95.1%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.7%)	23.2	176^th of 232 public high schools	24.1%		20.1	187^th of 228 public high schools	18.0%	11	33.3	34.5	33.3	55.4	$13,440
Indianola Career & Technical Center	Public	10-12	801 B.B. King Road	Indianola	38751	Sunflower County	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 884-6000	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cleveland School District	9.31 mi	10	86^th
West Bolivar Consolidated School District	14.79 mi	5	123^rd
North Bolivar Consolidated	14.84 mi	3	83^rd
West Tallahatchie School District	19.21 mi	3	117^th
Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	20.88 mi	15	126^th

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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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High Schools in Sunflower County Consolidated School District

District Detail

Gentry High School

Thomas E. Edwards Senior High School

Indianola Career & Technical Center

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