Summary:
Zip code 39038 contains one high school, Humphreys County High School, serving grades 9–12 with 427 students in Belzoni, Mississippi. The school is part of the Mississippi Achievement School District Of Humphreys County, a district placed under state oversight due to chronically low performance.
Across every available measure, Humphreys County High School trails Mississippi state averages by substantial margins. On the 2025–2026 MAAP tests, only 46.8% of students were proficient in Algebra I compared to 66.0% statewide, and just 28.1% were proficient in English II versus 49.3% statewide. Biology proficiency fell sharply from 36.4% to 26.5% in one year, creating a 36.6-point deficit against the state's 63.1% proficiency rate. The school's graduation rate of 74.2% is 15 points below the state's 89.2%, meaning roughly one in four students does not graduate on time. Chronic absenteeism runs at 27.2%, also above both the district and state averages.
The school has ranked in the bottom 12% of Mississippi high schools for three consecutive years, with its 0-star rating and 8th percentile placement in the most recent year. Every student qualifies for free/reduced lunch, making this a high-poverty school with concentrated economic disadvantage. The district ranks 131st out of 134 districts in Mississippi, and the school's persistent bottom-tier standing reflects the urgency of the situation. While English II showed slight improvement, the overall picture is consistent: the school faces severe struggles in academics, attendance, and graduation outcomes. The decline in math and science proficiency, combined with persistently low rankings, points to urgent needs for intervention in STEM instruction and student engagement.
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