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Mendenhall High School
207 CIRCLE DRIVE, MENDENHALL, MISS., 39114 | Grades 9-12
| Students | Total Teachers | Inexp. Teachers | AP Courses | |
| This School |
680
|
49
|
6% | 1 |
| District | 4,200 | 311 | 9% | 3 |
| State | 338K | 22,455 | 13% | 6 |
Mendenhall High School, in Mendenhall, Mississippi, is part of the Simpson County School District. The school reports enrolling 680 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 49 teachers on staff.
Mendenhall High School is above the state average but below the district average in terms of the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 64 percent of students in Mississippi are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 69 percent of Mendenhall High School students do. At the district level, 76 percent of students are eligible.
ProPublica's analysis found that all too often, states and schools provide poor students fewer educational programs like Advanced Placement, gifted and talented programs, and advanced math and science classes. Studies have linked participation in these programs with better outcomes later in life. Our analysis uses free and reduced-price lunch to estimate poverty at schools. We based our findings on the most comprehensive data set of access to advanced classes and special programs in U.S. public schools — known as the Civil Rights Data Set— released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Even though Mendenhall High School reports having AP-level classes, there are no students enrolled in those classes.
The school's pass rate for AP exams is the same as the district's, both at 100 percent.
A school's AP pass rate is determined by the number of students who both sat for AP exams and passed some or all of those exams.
Mendenhall High School has an enrollment rate of 11 percent for chemistry classes, and 10 percent of students are enrolled in advanced math.
Desoto Central High School, in Southaven, Mississippi, is a lower-poverty school than Mendenhall High School, with 16 percent of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers eight AP courses, and 7 percent of students are enrolled in those classs.
These data points were reported by schools and districts to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information about the data, see our full methodology.
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