Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Byhalia

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
C+

Marshall County School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 2 towns

Serves Byhalia and Potts Camp.

Byhalia’s School Grade C+ better than 43% of Mississippi school districts

Students
2,769
Schools
8
Spent per student
$11,747
MS $12,392
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
99%
Debt
$10.9M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Marshall County School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 43% of Mississippi districts
  • Math proficiency 18 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 15 pts below the state
  • Spends 5% less per student than the MS average
  • 14 students per teacher
  • Debt of $10.9M, about $3,933 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 43% of the 150 Mississippi school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C
GraduationFour-year graduation above the state, class of 2023
B
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
C+Byhalia 1,412Potts Camp 393

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Byhalia. Grade by grade →

K–4Byhalia Elementary SchoolThis district
5–8Byhalia Middle SchoolThis district
9–12Byhalia High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. MS

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency29%
State average 47% · 1,547 students tested
Reading / language arts27%
State average 41.7% · 1,616 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)90–94%
State average 89.4% · 190 in the class

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$11,747 per student · 5% below MS
Spending
Classroom instruction 55%Support & administration 37%Other 8%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 27%State 41%Federal 31%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
2,740’20
2,758’21
2,777’22
2,678’23
2,769’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Black 41%White 26%Hispanic 22%Two or more races 11%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

8 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools.

Byhalia Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Byhalia
C−
515 students16:1
Mary Reid School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Potts Camp
C−
270 students15:1
H. W. Byers Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Holly Springs
C−
262 students17:1
Galena School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Holly Springs
C−
138 students12:1
Byhalia Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Byhalia
C
438 students16:1
H. W. Byers High School
High · Grades 5–12 · Holly Springs
C
362 students11:1
Potts Camp High School
High · Grades 5–13 · Potts Camp
B−
356 students11:1
Byhalia High School
High · Grades 9–13 · Byhalia
C
428 students13:1

Left off: 2 schools reporting no students for 2024–25.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Mississippi.