MAAP, SY 2023-24
All grades, all students. % Proficient + Advanced.English Language Arts
55.0%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 47.5%
County avg 42.1%
+2.2pp since 2022-23
Mathematics
82.0%
State avg 52.8%
District avg 62.9%
County avg 58.0%
+3.7pp since 2022-23
Science
57.5%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 61.5%
County avg 63.5%
-5.1pp since 2022-23
US History
65.5%
State avg 68.0%
District avg 64.0%
County avg 63.2%
-4.5pp since 2022-23
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 82 of 100 do math at grade level, about 58 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 66 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points, science scores are down about 5 points, 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 55.0% mean for English Language Arts at Houston High School?
It means about 55.0 percent of students tested at Houston 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.
