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CTE · Grades 9–12
Purvis High School
220 School Street, Purvis, MS 39475
Grades
9–13
High
Students
614
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
12.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Lamar County School District
Lamar County
Schola Grade B · Above 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 Purvis High School
Purvis High School is a public high school in Purvis, Mississippi, serving grades 9–13. It is part of Lamar County School District. The school is located in a rural area in Lamar County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 614 students were enrolled, with about 12.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is close to the typical Mississippi high school (12.6 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is B (above 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)
- 614 students
- Students per teacher
- 12.6 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 4
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Distant
- School district
- Lamar County School District
- County
- Lamar County
- NCES school ID
- 280240001172
Schools near Purvis High School
All 7 schools in Purvis →
Bass Memorial Academy
Private · Grades 9–12 · 74 students
Lumberton High School
Public · Grades 7–12 · 268 students
Oak Grove High School
Public · Grades 9–13 · 1,750 students
Forrest County Agricultural High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 562 students
Hattiesburg High School
Public · Grades 9–13 · 1,014 students
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.