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Pontotoc County School District

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At a glance

28^thof 134 Mississippi districts

Better than 79% of Mississippi districts

Elementary 2 Middle 3 High 3 Alternative 1Grades PK, KG-12

354 Center Ridge Drive
Pontotoc, MS 38863·(662) 489-3932·All Mississippi district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 79.1% of districts

Schools

3,465

Students

Top rankedNorth Pontotoc High School30^th of 224 Mississippi high schools

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Biggest riser

North Pontotoc High School up 35 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

North Pontotoc High School 11.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Pontotoc County School District serves about 3,465 students across seven schools in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, split between north and south feeder systems that cover kindergarten through 12th grade. Every school in this rural, very high-poverty district has a free/reduced lunch rate above 98%, yet the district overall earns 4 stars and ranks 28th out of 134 Mississippi districts. The district operates three elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools; the north side includes North Pontotoc Elementary School, North Pontotoc Upper Elementary, North Pontotoc Middle School, and North Pontotoc High School, while the south side includes South Pontotoc Elementary School, South Pontotoc Middle School, and South Pontotoc High School.

North Pontotoc High School is the district’s clear academic anchor, ranking 30th among 224 Mississippi high schools (87th percentile) and showing strong end-of-course proficiency in biology, Algebra I, and English II; it also has the lowest student-teacher ratio in the district at 11.2:1. The top-performing elementary school is South Pontotoc Elementary School, which ranks in the 75th percentile and beats state averages in 4th-grade math, 4th-grade ELA, and 5th-grade science despite a 42.7% chronic absenteeism rate. North Pontotoc Middle School achieves 100% proficiency in Algebra I and strong 8th-grade science scores, while South Pontotoc High School posts the best graduation rate in the district at 92.2%, above the state average.

The most urgent districtwide concern is chronic absenteeism: the state rate is 23.9%, but South Pontotoc High School (48.3%), South Pontotoc Elementary School (42.7%), and North Pontotoc High School (40.3%) all far exceed it. Academic trends are mixed: North Pontotoc Upper Elementary improved average proficiency from about 50% to 57%, but most other schools saw declines, including a sharp 20-point drop in South Pontotoc Middle’s 8th-grade science. Overall, school rankings vary widely across the district, with North Pontotoc Middle School sliding from the 83rd to 65th percentile and North Pontotoc High School rising from 76th to 30th statewide. Parents should weigh each school’s strengths and attendance challenges carefully.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MAAP English Language Arts (2026)						MAAP Mathematics (2026)						MAAP Algebra I (2026)	MAAP English II (2026)	MAAP Science (2026)		MAAP Biology (2026)	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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Science 5th Grade	MAAP Science 8th Grade	MAAP Biology End of Course	Total
North Pontotoc High School	Public	9-12	8324 Hwy 15 North	Ecru	38841	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 489-5612	488	43	11.2	99.4%	338 (69.3%)	51 (10.5%)	82 (16.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.9%)	79.1	30^th of 224 public high schools	86.6%		72.6	65^th of 232 public high schools	72.0%	35													78.0	57.1			81.2	$13,684
Pontotoc Ridge Career & Technical County	Public	8-12	354 Center Ridge Drive	Pontotoc	38863	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 489-1826	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
South Pontotoc High School	Public	9-12	1523 South Pontotoc Rd	Pontotoc	38893	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 489-5925	455	37	12.2	99.3%	373 (82.0%)	34 (7.5%)	41 (9.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	63.2	81^st of 224 public high schools	63.8%		59.5	103^rd of 232 public high schools	55.6%	22													64.3	57.5			67.0	$14,834
North Pontotoc Elementary School	Public	K-4	8324 Hwy 15 North	Ecru	38841	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 489-5613	762	47	16.3	99.6%	509 (66.8%)	73 (9.6%)	145 (19.0%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.7%)	62.1	141^st of 377 public elementary schools	62.6%		65.5	130^th of 383 public elementary schools	66.1%	11	51.0	56.1					39.7	65.5										$7,681
North Pontotoc Middle School	Public	7-8	8324 Hwy 15 North	Ecru	38841	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 662-2479	308	22	14.2	99.0%	211 (68.5%)	38 (12.3%)	55 (17.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	61.6	91^st of 260 public middle schools	65.0%		75.9	56^th of 266 public middle schools	78.9%	35					26.6	46.5					51.1	54.2	100.0			75.9		$9,149
South Pontotoc Elementary School	Public	K-5	1523 South Pontotoc Rd	Pontotoc	38863	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 489-5925	776	53	14.5	99.6%	618 (79.6%)	59 (7.6%)	63 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.6%)	72.8	95^th of 377 public elementary schools	74.8%		75	83^rd of 383 public elementary schools	78.3%	12	56.0	62.3	56.5				60.0	71.0	59.3						74.1			$9,305
South Pontotoc Middle School	Public	6-8	1523 South Pontotoc Rd	Pontotoc	38863	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 489-3476	379	29	12.9	99.2%	302 (79.7%)	24 (6.3%)	43 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	54.7	116^th of 260 public middle schools	55.4%		62	102^nd of 266 public middle schools	61.7%	14				52.6	37.2	33.7				58.7	57.9	43.6				48.1		$7,989
North Pontotoc Upper Elementary	Public	5-6	1620 Old Highway 15	Ecru	38841	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 489-2295	297	20	14.9	99.0%	186 (62.6%)	44 (14.8%)	61 (20.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)								(n/a)			52.5	37.6					56.2	66.2					70.5			$8,212
Pontotoc County Alternative Program	Public, Alternative	1-12	354 Center Ridge Drive	Pontotoc	38863	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 489-4812	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Union County School District	3.22 mi	4
Pontotoc City School District	7.75 mi	5	21^st
New Albany Public Schools	8.3 mi	5	16^th
Lee County	14.34 mi	15	66^th
Tupelo Public School District	17.11 mi	14	59^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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