The top reported proficiency rate is 59% in Science. The lowest is 45% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Eupora High School
Eupora High School sits in the small, entirely rural town of Eupora, the largest community in Webster County, Mississippi. The town grew up along a Georgia Pacific Railway spur and still carries the feel of a modest railroad settlement, with a Main Street commercial district and low-density residential streets. Publicly reported sources describe Eupora as close-knit, with a cost of living well below the national average. The town's population has been declining modestly over recent years, and no major new housing developments or commercial construction projects were identified in available sources. The community has secured a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant for transportation safety planning, which signals some civic attention to infrastructure, but the built environment remains what you would expect of a small Mississippi town: car-dependent, with no public transit and no walkability scores on record. Whites Creek Lake Campground, a city-managed recreation site, is the main outdoor anchor.
The school serves grades six through twelve under the Webster County School District, which operates two elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools, and a career and technical center across the broader county. Enrollment is moderate for a rural secondary school, with roughly even distribution across the seven grade levels. The student body is predominantly White, with a substantial Black enrollment and small numbers of students identifying as multiracial, Hispanic, or Asian. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the broader economic profile of the area. Data on English learner enrollment and special education populations was not available, so those figures cannot be characterized here.
State assessment results from the most recent year are available for grades six, seven, and eight in both math and English language arts, plus eighth-grade science. The strongest results appear in sixth grade, where a healthy share of students reached proficiency in both math and ELA, and in eighth-grade science, where well over half of tested students were proficient. Seventh-grade ELA landed at about the midpoint, with roughly half of students proficient. The clearest soft spot is math in the upper middle grades: seventh-grade proficiency dropped to under half, and eighth-grade math fell further, with fewer than a third of students reaching proficiency. These are reported figures from the state assessment, and a parent may want to look into how the school is responding to that middle-grade math slide, particularly as students transition into high school coursework. No high school assessment results, graduation rate, or college- and career-readiness data were included in the available information, so the academic picture for grades nine through twelve cannot be characterized from what was provided.
Program offerings, course access, staffing ratios, discipline data, and attendance figures were also not available in the payload, which limits the picture of day-to-day school life. The district operates a career and technical center at the county level, and families considering Eupora High may want to ask how students access those vocational pathways and whether dual-credit or advanced courses are offered on campus or through partnerships. No information on charter or magnet status was indicated; the school is a traditional public school. Title I status was not reported.
The housing market in the Eupora area is very affordable relative to both state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below the Mississippi statewide figure and far below the national level. Home values in the area have dipped recently, which may reflect the broader population decline rather than a distressed market. Rent data was not available. For families already in or near Webster County, the cost of buying a home is low, and the price-to-income ratio sits below the national average, meaning a household earning around the area's typical income can find ownership within reach.
What the data paints is a small rural secondary school in a quiet, affordable town, with solid early-middle-grade performance in reading and science, a dip in math as students move through middle school, and an incomplete picture of the high school years. The community context is stable and modest, with limited civic infrastructure beyond the Main Street district and city campground. Families drawn to small-town life and low housing costs may find Eupora a workable fit, particularly if they are prepared to ask direct questions about high school academics, vocational access, and math support that the available data does not answer.
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