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Best High Schools in Zip Code 39051

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Top rankedLeake Central High School199^th of 232 Mississippi high schools

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Summary:

The 39051 zip code is home to a single public high school, Leake Central High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school is part of the Leake County School District, which is ranked 99 out of 130 school districts in Mississippi and has a 1-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Leake Central High School has consistently been ranked in the bottom 20-25% of Mississippi high schools over the past three school years, with a 1-star rating. Its proficiency rates on state assessments are significantly below the district and state averages across all subject areas. The school faces significant socioeconomic challenges, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a chronic absenteeism rate of nearly 24%.

While the data suggests that Leake Central High School could benefit from targeted interventions and support to address the underlying factors contributing to its low performance, the broader challenges faced by the Leake County School District indicate that district-level factors may also need to be addressed to drive meaningful and sustainable improvements at the school level.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP Algebra I (2025)	MAAP English II (2025)	MAAP Biology (2025)	MAAP U.S. History1 (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Biology End of Course	MAAP U.S. History1 End of Course	Total
Leake County Career & Technical Center	Public	9-12	703 Northwest Street	Carthage	39051	Leake County	Leake County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 267-8442	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Leake Central High School	Public	9-12	704 N Jordan Street	Carthage	39051	Leake County	Leake County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 267-7713	592	37	15.8	100.0%	81 (13.7%)	337 (56.9%)	134 (22.6%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.9%)	14.5	199^th of 232 public high schools	14.2%		10.1	209^th of 228 public high schools	8.3%	10	45.0	31.1	17.3	45.4	$11,873

Cities Near Zip Code 39051

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Carthage	2.41 mi	6	184^th
Walnut Grove	12.38 mi	2	141^st
Canton	14.03 mi	13	97^th
Camden	14.28 mi	2	66^th
Mc Adams	19.29 mi	1	108^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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