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Mendenhall High School · Mendenhall, MS
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MAAP, SY 2024-25

All grades, all students. % Proficient + Advanced.
English Language Arts
24.9%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 30.7%
County avg 30.7%
-20.1pp since 2023-24
Mathematics
40.4%
State avg 52.8%
District avg 38.4%
County avg 38.4%
-5.5pp since 2023-24
Science
39.6%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 45.7%
County avg 45.7%
-14.0pp since 2023-24
US History
55.4%
State avg 68.0%
District avg 45.4%
County avg 45.4%
-0.1pp since 2023-24

What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 40 of 100 do math at grade level, about 40 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 55 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 down about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points, science scores are down about 14 points, and social studies scores have held steady.

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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. Mendenhall   Mississippi avg

English Language Arts

47452023-2446252024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2524.9%30.7%30.7%45.9%
SY 2023-2445.0%37.5%34.9%46.9%

Mathematics

53462023-2453402024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2540.4%38.4%38.4%52.8%
SY 2023-2445.9%44.4%42.1%53.2%

Science

63542023-2460402024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2539.6%45.7%45.7%59.8%
SY 2023-2453.6%49.7%49.6%62.8%

US History

70562023-2468552024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2555.4%45.4%45.4%68.0%
SY 2023-2455.5%50.1%50.1%69.5%

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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 24.9% mean for English Language Arts at Mendenhall High School?
It means about 24.9 percent of students tested at Mendenhall High 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.

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