English Language Arts
47.1%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 50.8%
County avg 45.2%
+3.5pp since 2022-23
District avg 50.8%
County avg 45.2%
+3.5pp since 2022-23
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Mississippi schools by score · Alcorn County schools by score
MAAP, SY 2023-24
All grades, all students. % Proficient + Advanced.Mathematics
77.3%
State avg 52.8%
District avg 65.8%
County avg 56.0%
+10.6pp since 2022-23
District avg 65.8%
County avg 56.0%
+10.6pp since 2022-23
Science
66.2%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 65.4%
County avg 58.4%
+12.8pp since 2022-23
District avg 65.4%
County avg 58.4%
+12.8pp since 2022-23
US History
60.2%
State avg 68.0%
District avg 67.9%
County avg 51.0%
-22.6pp since 2022-23
District avg 67.9%
County avg 51.0%
-22.6pp since 2022-23
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 77 of 100 do math at grade level, about 66 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 60 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46, 53, 60, and 68. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points, science scores are up about 13 points, and social studies scores are down about 23 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
2-year history
All grades, all students. Alcorn Central Mississippi avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 47.1% | 50.8% | 45.2% | 45.9% |
| SY 2022-23 | 43.6% | 53.1% | 53.9% | 46.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 77.3% | 65.8% | 56.0% | 52.8% |
| SY 2022-23 | 66.7% | 66.2% | 58.3% | 53.2% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 66.2% | 65.4% | 58.4% | 59.8% |
| SY 2022-23 | 53.4% | 67.7% | 65.0% | 62.8% |
US History
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 60.2% | 67.9% | 51.0% | 68.0% |
| SY 2022-23 | 82.8% | 73.7% | 65.2% | 69.5% |
How to read these scores
What is MAAP?
MAAP is the statewide standardized test administered by Mississippi public schools.
What does "% Proficient + Advanced" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 47.1% mean for English Language Arts at Alcorn Central High School?
It means about 47.1 percent of students tested at Alcorn Central High School performed at grade level or above on the MAAP English Language Arts test in 2023-24. The statewide average for Mississippi that year was 45.9%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Mississippi, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Mississippi Department of Education, Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP). School-level All Students subgroup from the MDE Report Card data download. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient + Advanced" rate (top 2 of 5 MAAP levels: Minimal / Basic / Passing / Proficient / Advanced).
How often is it updated?
MAAP is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.