Canton High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 884 students
Velma Jackson High School
2000 Loring Road, Camden, MS 39045
Grades
9–13
High
Students
224
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
6.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Madison County Schools
Madison County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 199 Mississippi high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Mississippi high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Velma Jackson High School
Velma Jackson High School is a public high school in Camden, Mississippi, serving grades 9–13. It is part of Madison County Schools. The school is located in a rural area in Madison County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 224 students were enrolled, with about 6.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Mississippi high school (12.6 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 199 Mississippi high schools.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–13
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 224 students
- Students per teacher
- 6.8 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Distant
- School district
- Madison County Schools
- County
- Madison County
- NCES school ID
- 280279000541
Schools near Velma Jackson High School
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.