Summary:
The Mississippi Achievement School District of Humphreys County has just one high school, Humphreys County High School, located in Belzoni, MS, serving grades 9–12 with 427 students. Because this is the district's only high school, district-level statistics are identical to school-level statistics, so state averages serve as the most meaningful comparison. The school's student-teacher ratio is 13.2, and every single student qualifies for free or reduced lunch — a 100% economic disadvantage rate that reflects significant concentrated poverty.
Humphreys County High School ranks 131 out of 134 Mississippi districts and schools at the 2nd percentile and holds a 0-star rating. The graduation rate is 74.2%, which is 15 points below the state average of 89.2%. Chronic absenteeism is 27.2% — higher than both the district's 22.8% and the state's 23.9% — meaning more than one in four students misses enough school to be considered chronically absent. This attendance issue is likely a major factor dragging down academic performance schoolwide.
Test proficiency is dramatically below state averages across every subject. In the most recent year, only 46.8% of students were proficient in Algebra I (state: 66.0%), 28.1% in English II (state: 49.3%), and just 26.5% in Biology (state: 63.1%) — a gap of nearly 37 points in science. Year-to-year results are inconsistent: Algebra I declined from 53.0% and Biology dropped from 36.4%, while English II improved only slightly from 26.5%. The school's statewide ranking also slipped from the 12th percentile to the 8th percentile, with its star rating falling from 1 star to 0 stars, indicating worsening overall performance despite small gains in one subject. For parents, these numbers highlight serious challenges in academics, attendance, and graduation that require close attention.
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