English Language Arts
85.5%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 34.4%
County avg 37.6%
-2.1pp since 2023-24
District avg 34.4%
County avg 37.6%
-2.1pp since 2023-24
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Mississippi schools by score · Hinds County schools by score
MAAP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient + Advanced.Mathematics
81.7%
State avg 52.8%
District avg 32.5%
County avg 39.9%
+6.5pp since 2023-24
District avg 32.5%
County avg 39.9%
+6.5pp since 2023-24
Science
97.5%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 43.5%
County avg 48.5%
+10.3pp since 2023-24
District avg 43.5%
County avg 48.5%
+10.3pp since 2023-24
US History
N/A
State avg 68.0%
District avg 49.8%
County avg 61.8%
District avg 49.8%
County avg 61.8%
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 82 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 98 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46, 53, and 60. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points and science scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+41.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 42 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 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. Barack Obama Mississippi avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 85.5% | 34.4% | 37.6% | 45.9% |
| SY 2023-24 | 87.6% | 36.6% | 38.3% | 46.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 81.7% | 32.5% | 39.9% | 52.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 75.2% | 34.6% | 37.7% | 53.2% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 97.5% | 43.5% | 48.5% | 59.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 87.2% | 51.8% | 52.4% | 62.8% |
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 85.5% mean for English Language Arts at Barack Obama Elementary School?
It means about 85.5 percent of students tested at Barack Obama Elementary School performed at grade level or above on the MAAP English Language Arts test in 2024-25. 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.