Mississippi schools ranked by test score
Latest MAAP year (2023-24). 198 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 46.0%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Natchez Early College @ Co-Lin Natchez · Natchez-Adams School District | High | 57.1% | +11.1pp |
| 52 | North Pontotoc High School ECRU · PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 57.1% | +11.1pp |
| 53 | Ripley High School Ripley · South Tippah School District | High | 56.9% | +10.9pp |
| 54 | PEARL RIVER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL CARRIERE · Pearl River County School District | High | 56.8% | +10.8pp |
| 55 | Madison Palmer High School MARKS · Quitman County School District | High | 56.5% | +10.5pp |
| 56 | Stone High School WIGGINS · Stone County School District | High | 56.1% | +10.1pp |
| 57 | Greene County High School Leakesville · Greene County Schools | High | 55.8% | +9.8pp |
| 58 | Mooreville High School MOOREVILLE · Lee County | High | 55.4% | +9.4pp |
| 59 | Houston High School Houston · Chickasaw County School District | High | 55.0% | +9.0pp |
| 60 | Seminary High SEMINARY · Covington County School District | High | 55.0% | +9.0pp |
| 61 | Neshoba Central High School PHILADELPHIA · Neshoba County Schools | High | 54.8% | +8.8pp |
| 62 | Olive Branch High School Olive Branch · DeSoto County School District | High | 54.1% | +8.1pp |
| 63 | Ridgeland High School Ridgeland · Madison County Schools | High | 53.6% | +7.6pp |
| 64 | Pascagoula High Pascagoula · Pascagoula-Gautier School District | High | 53.3% | +7.3pp |
| 65 | Morton High School MORTON · Scott County School District | High | 53.1% | +7.1pp |
| 66 | Eupora High School Eupora · Webster County Schools | High | 53.0% | +7.0pp |
| 67 | Purvis High School Purvis · Lamar County School District | High | 53.0% | +7.0pp |
| 68 | George County High School LUCEDALE · George County School District | High | 52.9% | +6.9pp |
| 69 | Newton County High School Decatur · NEWTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 51.8% | +5.8pp |
| 70 | Columbia High School Columbia · COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 51.4% | +5.4pp |
| 71 | Itawamba Agricultural High School Fulton · Itawamba County | High | 51.2% | +5.2pp |
| 72 | Lafayette High School Oxford · Lafayette County | High | 51.2% | +5.2pp |
| 73 | Tupelo High School Tupelo · Tupelo Public School District | High | 50.9% | +4.9pp |
| 74 | Starkville High School Starkville · Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District | High | 50.7% | +4.7pp |
| 75 | Richland High School Richland · Rankin County School District | High | 50.5% | +4.5pp |
| 76 | West Jones High School Laurel · Jones County School District | High | 50.3% | +4.3pp |
| 77 | WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL Foxworth · Marion County School District | High | 50.0% | +4.0pp |
| 78 | North Pike High School Summit · North Pike Schools | High | 49.7% | +3.7pp |
| 79 | Saltillo High School SALTILLO · Lee County | High | 49.3% | +3.3pp |
| 80 | South Jones High School Ellisville · Jones County School District | High | 49.0% | +3.0pp |
| 81 | Lake High School Lake · Scott County School District | High | 48.9% | +2.9pp |
| 82 | Franklin High School Meadville · Franklin County School District | High | 48.8% | +2.8pp |
| 83 | Raleigh High School RALEIGH · Smith County School District | High | 48.6% | +2.6pp |
| 84 | South Pontotoc High School PONTOTOC · PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.5% | +2.5pp |
| 85 | Moss Point High School MOSS POINT · Moss Point School District | High | 48.2% | +2.2pp |
| 86 | KOSCIUSKO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL KOSCIUSKO · Kosciusko School District | High | 48.0% | +2.0pp |
| 87 | Harrison Central High Gulfport · Harrison County School District | High | 47.9% | +1.9pp |
| 88 | Choctaw County High School ACKERMAN · Choctaw County Schools | High | 47.3% | +1.3pp |
| 89 | Alcorn Central High School GLEN · Alcorn School District | High | 47.1% | +1.1pp |
| 90 | East Webster High School Maben · Webster County Schools | High | 46.9% | +0.9pp |
| 91 | Wayne County High School Waynesboro · Wayne County School District | High | 46.9% | +0.9pp |
| 92 | Ethel Attendance Center ETHEL · Attala County Schools | High | 46.3% | +0.3pp |
| 93 | Puckett High School Puckett · Rankin County School District | High | 46.1% | +0.1pp |
| 94 | Bruce High School BRUCE · Calhoun County School District | High | 45.7% | -0.3pp |
| 95 | Bay Springs High School BAY SPRINGS · West Jasper School District | High | 45.6% | -0.4pp |
| 96 | Velma Jackson High School Camden · Madison County Schools | High | 45.5% | -0.5pp |
| 97 | South Panola High School Batesville · South Panola School District | High | 45.0% | -1.0pp |
| 98 | Gautier High Gautier · Pascagoula-Gautier School District | High | 44.9% | -1.1pp |
| 99 | Southeast Lauderdale High School Meridian · Lauderdale County School District | High | 44.3% | -1.7pp |
| 100 | Hattiesburg High School HATTIESBURG · Hattiesburg | High | 43.9% | -2.1pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the MAAP % Proficient + Advanced threshold on the latest available MAAP English Language Arts test (school year 2023-24). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Mississippi, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.