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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 39648

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At a glance

Schools

1,921

Students

Top rankedMcComb High School124^th of 224 Mississippi high schools

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Biggest riser

McComb High School up 84 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Higgins Middle School 11 students per teacher

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Summary:

Zip code 39648 in McComb, Mississippi, is served by five schools in the McComb School District, including two elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school, with total enrollment of 1,921 students. Every school in this district reports 100% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, making economic disadvantage a universal characteristic. Student-teacher ratios are relatively low across all schools, ranging from 11.0 at Higgins Middle School to 15.6 at Otken Elementary School. The district currently holds a 1-star rating, ranking 96 out of 134 school districts in Mississippi.

McComb High School is a standout success story, improving its state ranking from 208th to 124th in one year. Biology proficiency now exceeds the state average at 66.1%, and English II rose from 24.1% to 45.9%, nearly matching the state level. Denman Junior High School also showed impressive gains, with 8th-grade math jumping nearly 38 percentage points to 47.6% and 8th-grade science rising to 51.0%, lifting the school to a 2-star rating. Otken Elementary School presents a mixed picture: 4th-grade scores improved substantially, but 3rd-grade proficiency fell sharply, with math dropping to just 17.2% compared to the state average of 48.8%. Higgins Middle School is the most concerning, with broad declines across 5th and 6th grade subjects despite having the lowest student-teacher ratio in the district at 11.0.

Chronic absenteeism is a systemic challenge, with every school exceeding the state average of 23.9%. McComb High School has the highest rate at 51.7%, meaning more than half of its students are chronically absent. Kennedy Elementary School, which serves only pre-K and kindergarten students, has no test scores but reports the lowest absenteeism rate at 28.0%. The district's graduation rate at McComb High School is 83.3%, below the state average of 89.2%. While upper grades are trending upward, early elementary and middle school performance remains fragile. The gains at McComb High School and Denman Junior High School show meaningful progress is possible even in a high-poverty environment, but steep declines at Otken Elementary School and Higgins Middle School show improvements are not yet systemwide.

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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
Higgins Middle School	Public	5-6	1000 Elmwood Street	McComb	39648	Pike County	McComb School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 684-2038	287	26	11.0	100.0%	13 (4.5%)	252 (87.8%)	10 (3.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)								(n/a)			35.0	29.5					30.7	33.6					48.5			$13,673
Otken Elementary School	Public	1-4	401 Montana Avenue	McComb	39648	Pike County	McComb School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 684-3749	458	29	15.6	100.0%	21 (4.6%)	413 (90.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	23.9	307^th of 377 public elementary schools	18.6%		26.2	297^th of 383 public elementary schools	22.5%	10	23.2	47.8					17.2	43.6										$13,087
McComb High School	Public	9-12	310 Seventh Street	McComb	39648	Pike County	McComb School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 684-5678	632	47	13.5	100.0%	13 (2.1%)	575 (91.0%)	20 (3.2%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	44.3	124^th of 224 public high schools	44.6%		11.9	208^th of 232 public high schools	10.3%	84													41.7	45.9			66.1	$13,929
Business & Technology Complex	Public	8-12	1003 Virginia Avenue	McComb	39648	Pike County	McComb School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 684-5288	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Denman Junior High School	Public	7-8	1211 Louisiana Avenue	McComb	39648	Pike County	McComb School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 684-2387	312	22	14.2	100.0%	13 (4.2%)	275 (88.1%)	12 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	35.7	169^th of 263 public middle schools	35.7%		17.3	224^th of 266 public middle schools	15.8%	55					25.7	30.5					41.2	47.6				51.0		$16,038
Kennedy Elementary School	Public	PK-K	207 S Myrtle Street	McComb	39648	Pike County	McComb School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 684-2889	232	17	13.8	100.0%	13 (5.6%)	206 (88.8%)	5 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)								(n/a)																		$13,219
Tac Alternative School	Public, Alternative	1-12	906 Louisiana Avenue	McComb	39648	Pike County	McComb School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 249-4765	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 39648

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Magnolia	4.18 mi	6	190^th
McComb	6.67 mi	7	152^nd
Summit	8.66 mi	6	90^th
Osyka	12.1 mi	1	72^nd
Tylertown	14.23 mi	6	110^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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