English Language Arts
57.4%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 53.7%
County avg 51.0%
-4.6pp since 2023-24
District avg 53.7%
County avg 51.0%
-4.6pp since 2023-24
Test scores
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MAAP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient + Advanced.Mathematics
75.4%
State avg 52.8%
District avg 69.1%
County avg 67.1%
-1.6pp since 2023-24
District avg 69.1%
County avg 67.1%
-1.6pp since 2023-24
Science
N/A
State avg 59.8%
District avg 68.1%
County avg 71.9%
District avg 68.1%
County avg 71.9%
US History
N/A
State avg 68.0%
District avg 78.6%
County avg 76.4%
District avg 78.6%
County avg 76.4%
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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. DT Cox Mississippi avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 57.4% | 53.7% | 51.0% | 45.9% |
| SY 2023-24 | 62.0% | 52.9% | 51.1% | 46.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 75.4% | 69.1% | 67.1% | 52.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 77.0% | 69.4% | 67.1% | 53.2% |
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 57.4% mean for English Language Arts at DT Cox Elementary School?
It means about 57.4 percent of students tested at DT Cox 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.