Eupora High School

Eupora High School serves 437 students in grades 6–12 in the small town of Eupora, Mississippi, as one of two high schools in the Webster County Schools district. The school has earned a 3-star rating and ranks 104th out of 224 Mississippi high schools for 2025–2026, a notable jump from 149th the previous year, though still well below its 2015–2016 peak of 13th statewide.

Academically, Eupora is a solid performer. Overall proficiency across tested subjects is about 57%, above the state average of roughly 52%. The school posts particularly strong results in 7th grade, with 68.3% proficiency in math and 54.0% in ELA—both well above state averages—and in Algebra I at 73.4%. However, there are gaps compared to East Webster High School, the other high school in the district, which ranks 64th statewide and outperforms Eupora in 8th grade math (63.1% vs. 50.7%) and Biology (75.0% vs. 62.3%). Against Choctaw County High School, located about 17 miles away, Eupora is the clear winner in nearly every subject, including Algebra I (73.4% vs. 42.9%), even though Choctaw has a much higher poverty rate.

The biggest red flag for parents is the graduation rate, which plummeted to 76.6% in 2024–2025, far below the state average of 89.2% and East Webster's 98.7%. This likely connects to the pandemic-era absenteeism crisis: the class of 2025 entered high school in 2021–2022, when 55.8% of students were chronically absent. While absenteeism has improved to 32.3%, it remains roughly 8–9 points above neighboring schools and the state average. The encouraging news is that academic performance is already strong, so improving attendance is the most actionable path forward. If Eupora can get chronic absenteeism back to the 20–25% range, its graduation rate and ranking should both rebound meaningfully.