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Kemper County High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

200 Martin Luther King Jr Street, DeKalb, MS 39328 · (601) 743-5292 · Part of Kemper County School District

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Directions
Students
304
Students per teacher
7:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
Setting
Rural
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Kemper County High School

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 20% of Mississippi’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 30 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 13 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 7 students per teacher

On the path

Where De Kalb kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–8Kemper County Middle Schoolin Dekalb
9–12Kemper County High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency5%
State average 35.2%
Reading / language arts22%
State average 34.8%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Mississippi’s 762 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

200 Martin Luther King Jr Street, DeKalb

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 949
Grade 1073
Grade 1180
Grade 12102
Enrollment over time
283’20
328’21
323’22
337’23
304’24

Up 7.4% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 93%Two or more races 4%American Indian/Alaska Native 2%White 1%Hispanic <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Kemper County High School from De Kalb families.

Other schools in Kemper County School District

The district →
KCSD Lower Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Scooba
D
285 students12:1
KCSD Upper Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 4–5 · De Kalb
C−
108 students10:1
Kemper County Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Dekalb
C
191 students11:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Mississippi’s other public schools; De Kalb’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.