English Language Arts
18.6%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 33.3%
County avg 43.2%
+1.7pp since 2023-24
District avg 33.3%
County avg 43.2%
+1.7pp since 2023-24
Test scores
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MAAP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient + Advanced.Mathematics
11.7%
State avg 52.8%
District avg 35.6%
County avg 49.7%
-2.9pp since 2023-24
District avg 35.6%
County avg 49.7%
-2.9pp since 2023-24
Science
38.0%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 50.5%
County avg 58.3%
+4.1pp since 2023-24
District avg 50.5%
County avg 58.3%
+4.1pp since 2023-24
US History
N/A
State avg 68.0%
District avg 58.9%
County avg 70.7%
District avg 58.9%
County avg 70.7%
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 12 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 38 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 up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points and science scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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. Laurel Upper Mississippi avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 18.6% | 33.3% | 43.2% | 45.9% |
| SY 2023-24 | 16.9% | 34.8% | 44.4% | 46.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 11.7% | 35.6% | 49.7% | 52.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 14.6% | 35.3% | 50.5% | 53.2% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 38.0% | 50.5% | 58.3% | 59.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 33.9% | 54.9% | 65.5% | 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 18.6% mean for English Language Arts at Laurel Upper Elementary?
It means about 18.6 percent of students tested at Laurel Upper Elementary 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.