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Early Head Start Nicholson

Public Prekindergarten Grades PK
186
Students ?
489.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$3,119
Per pupil spending ?
51.1%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)
 1865 Hwy 11 South
       Picayune, MS  39466

(601) 798-7808

District: Picayune School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
44.1%
White:
39.2%
Hispanic:
12.9%
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!Test scores below the Mississippi average (45% vs 51% meeting standards)
!Mathematics scores 11 pts below the Mississippi average
!Large classes — about 489 students per teacher
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school45%
District avg49%
Mississippi avg51%
Not ranked this year
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50th of 133Picayune School District among Mississippi districts
By subject vs Mississippi (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts46%~ state avg
Mathematics43%-11 vs state

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Students at Early Head Start Nicholson are 44% African American, 39% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 186 students attended Early Head Start Nicholson.

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Latest Mississippi data All new data »
2024–25 attendance dataNewOct 6, 2026
2025–26 MAAP test scoresAug 21, 2026
2023–24 school spending dataSep 26, 2025
2023–24 through 2024–25 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 26, 2025


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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