MAAP, SY 2023-24
All grades, all students. % Proficient + Advanced.English Language Arts
61.3%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 51.5%
County avg 51.5%
+0.2pp since 2022-23
Mathematics
82.0%
State avg 52.8%
District avg 61.1%
County avg 61.1%
+5.0pp since 2022-23
Science
67.2%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 65.1%
County avg 65.1%
+0.3pp since 2022-23
US History
78.2%
State avg 68.0%
District avg 75.1%
County avg 75.1%
-5.0pp since 2022-23
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 82 of 100 do math at grade level, about 67 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 78 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 have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points, science scores have held steady, and social studies scores are down about 5 points.
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 61.3% mean for English Language Arts at DeSoto Central High School?
It means about 61.3 percent of students tested at DeSoto 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.
