Largest Schools in Mississippi
Mississippi has 877 public schools across 152 districts with a total enrollment of 440,285 students. The largest school is Tupelo High School in Tupelo.
Largest Schools in Mississippi
| # | School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tupelo High School | Tupelo | 2,001 |
| 2 | Desoto Central High School | Southaven | 1,995 |
| 3 | Grenada Elementary School | Grenada | 1,967 |
| 4 | Ocean Springs High School | Ocean Springs | 1,899 |
| 5 | Northwest Rankin High School | Flowood | 1,898 |
| 6 | Southaven High School | Southaven | 1,850 |
| 7 | Oak Grove High School | Hattiesburg | 1,777 |
| 8 | Biloxi High School | Biloxi | 1,728 |
| 9 | Gulfport High School | Gulfport | 1,728 |
| 10 | Brandon High School | Brandon | 1,648 |
Largest Districts in Mississippi
| # | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desoto Co School Dist | 35,003 |
| 2 | Rankin Co School Dist | 18,720 |
| 3 | Jackson Public School District | 18,710 |
| 4 | Harrison Co School Dist | 14,355 |
| 5 | Madison Co School Dist | 13,162 |
| 6 | Lamar County School District | 10,276 |
| 7 | Jackson Co School Dist | 8,906 |
| 8 | Jones Co School Dist | 8,524 |
| 9 | Tupelo Public School Dist | 7,132 |
| 10 | Vicksburg Warren School Dist | 6,862 |
School data for Mississippi is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results.
Frequently Asked Questions
The largest public school in Mississippi by enrollment is Tupelo High School in Tupelo with 2,001 students.
Mississippi has 877 public schools across 152 school districts, with a total enrollment of 440,285 students.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. This includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates.
School data includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates from NCES and EDFacts.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.