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Mississippi public schools by raw proficiency

The traditional ranking: Mississippi public schools by combined math + reading proficiency on the state assessment. Best read alongside the BeatsExpectations ranking, which controls for student poverty.

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MISSISSIPPI · HIGHEST PROFICIENCY

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
101	Raleigh High School	RALEIGH	Smith County School District	High	72.4%	486	62.4%
102	West Jones High School	Laurel	Jones County School District	High	66.3%	1,587	62.1%
103	Moss Point High School	MOSS POINT	Moss Point School District	High	100%	491	61.9%
104	Lake Cormorant High School	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto County School District	High	61.0%	991	61.6%
105	Coffeeville High School	Coffeeville	Coffeeville School District	High	100%	110	61.6%
106	Jumpertown School	Booneville	Prentiss County School District	Combined	86.6%	305	61.5%
107	Ridgeland High School	Ridgeland	Madison County Schools	High	71.3%	995	61.1%
108	Southeast Lauderdale High School	Meridian	Lauderdale County School District	High	58.3%	367	61.1%
109	Madison Palmer High School	MARKS	Quitman County School District	High	100%	239	61.0%
110	Okolona High School	OKOLONA	Okolona School District	High	100%	149	60.7%
111	Salem	Tylertown	Walthall County School District	Combined	64.6%	469	60.4%
112	Puckett High School	Puckett	Rankin County School District	High	48.4%	343	60.2%
113	Bruce High School	BRUCE	Calhoun County School District	High	67.8%	435	59.3%
114	Thrasher High School	Booneville	Prentiss County School District	Combined	76.5%	387	59.1%
115	Nettleton High School	Nettleton	Nettleton School District	High	80.4%	316	59.0%
116	Choctaw County High School	ACKERMAN	Choctaw County Schools	High	99.4%	511	59.0%
117	Senatobia High School	Senatobia	Senatobia Municipal School District	High	61.1%	468	58.6%
118	Noxapater Attendance	NOXAPATER	Louisville Municipal School District	Combined	68.9%	473	58.4%
119	Richland High School	Richland	Rankin County School District	High	73.1%	731	58.4%
120	Northeast Jones High School	Laurel	Jones County School District	High	66.3%	938	58.4%
121	Rosa Fort High	TUNICA	Tunica School District	High	100%	438	58.4%
122	EAST MARION HIGH SCHOOL	Columbia	Marion County School District	High	98.6%	216	58.3%
123	Mantachie Attendance Center	MANTACHIE	Itawamba County	Combined	70.5%	926	58.1%
124	Raymond High School	Raymond	Hinds County School District	High	76.1%	539	58.0%
125	Walnut Attendance Center	WALNUT	North Tippah School District	Elementary	73.1%	480	57.9%
126	Hattiesburg High School	HATTIESBURG	Hattiesburg	High	99.9%	1,014	57.3%
127	Loyd Star Attendance Center	BROOKHAVEN	Lincoln County School District	Combined	67.5%	741	57.3%
128	Terry High School	Terry	Hinds County School District	High	64.3%	1,127	56.9%
129	Tremont Attendance Center	Tremont	Itawamba County	Combined	71.8%	312	56.8%
130	Richton High School	RICHTON	Richton School District	High	61.6%	281	56.5%
131	Morton High School	MORTON	Scott County School District	High	99.4%	476	56.4%
132	Newton High School	Newton	NEWTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	High	79.3%	237	56.4%
133	Starkville High School	Starkville	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	High	64.8%	1,376	56.3%
134	Horn Lake High School	Horn Lake	DeSoto County School District	High	66.6%	1,271	56.2%
135	Biggersville High School	CORINTH	Alcorn School District	High	68.8%	263	56.0%
136	North Forrest High School	Hattiesburg	Forrest County School District	High	90.0%	349	55.8%
137	Houlka Attendance Center	HOULKA	Chickasaw County School District	Combined	72.9%	457	55.8%
138	Baldwyn High School	BALDWYN	Baldwyn School District	High	70.0%	460	55.4%
139	Independence High School	Coldwater	Tate County School District	High	70.2%	507	54.8%
140	Franklin High School	Meadville	Franklin County School District	High	78.0%	377	54.6%
141	Pelahatchie High School	Pelahatchie	Rankin County School District	High	61.3%	336	54.1%
142	Southaven High School	SOUTHAVEN	DeSoto County School District	High	55.5%	1,876	54.0%
143	Leland High School	LELAND	Leland School District	High	100%	200	53.5%
144	Natchez Early College @ Co-Lin	Natchez	Natchez-Adams School District	High	100%	174	53.0%
145	Velma Jackson High School	Camden	Madison County Schools	High	90.6%	224	52.8%
146	Bay Springs High School	BAY SPRINGS	West Jasper School District	High	94.2%	241	52.7%
147	Simmons High School	HOLLANDALE	Hollandale	High	100%	172	52.6%
148	Mt. Olive Attendance Center	Mount Olive	Covington County School District	Combined	98.9%	282	52.0%
149	Port Gibson High School	PORT GIBSON	Claiborne County Public Schools	High	100%	381	52.0%
150	Byhalia High School	BYHALIA	Marshall County School District	High	99.3%	428	51.1%

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