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Schools in Hillsboro

Hillsboro’s public schools

Forest Municipal School District and Scott County School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hillsboro. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/1schools above Mississippi’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Mississippi’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
25%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$10.6K
▼ 15% vs MS $12.4K
FY2024 · Scott County
Students per teacher
16.8
MS 13.9 · larger classes
Schools in town
1
856 students on the public path
In brief

Hillsboro’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Hillsboro’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s 762 public schools. Scott Central Attendance Center places highest (better than 45%); Scott Central Attendance Center lowest (45%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Hillsboro, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12Scott Central Attendance CenterScott County School DistrictB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Forest Municipal School District.

Two districts serve Hillsboro

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Forest Municipal School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,638 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 15.4 per teacher (MS 13.9)
$12,600MS $12,392 · FY2024
C−
Scott County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 8 schools · 3,989 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 17.5 per teacher (MS 13.9)
$10,582MS $12,392 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Forest Municipal School District25%
State average 41.7% · 869 students tested
Math · PK–12, Forest Municipal School District32%
State average 47% · 870 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Scott County School District35%
State average 41.7% · 2081 students tested
Math · PK–12, Scott County School District44%
State average 47% · 2095 students tested

Hillsboro vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Mississippi towns that share Hillsboro’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Hillsboro—Forest Municipal PK–12 · Scott County PK–12

Every school in Hillsboro

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Hillsboroby address
Scott Central Attendance Center
Grades PK–12 · Forest
B−
856 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Hillsboro’s schools

Are Hillsboro’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Hillsboro. Forest Municipal School District and Scott County School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hillsboro. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Hillsboro in?

Forest Municipal School District and Scott County School District.

Where do Hillsboro kids go to high school?

Scott Central Attendance Center.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.