Mississippi schools ranked by test score
Latest MAAP year (2023-24). 841 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 46.0%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Holly Springs Primary School Holly Springs · Holly Springs School District | Elementary | 58.3% | +12.3pp |
| 202 | Neshoba Central Middle School Philadelphia · Neshoba County Schools | Middle | 58.3% | +12.3pp |
| 203 | Center Hill Elementary School Olive Branch · DeSoto County School District | Elementary | 58.2% | +12.2pp |
| 204 | Sumrall Middle School Sumrall · Lamar County School District | Middle | 58.2% | +12.2pp |
| 205 | Joyner Elementary School Tupelo · Tupelo Public School District | Elementary | 58.0% | +12.0pp |
| 206 | Pontotoc High School Pontotoc · Pontotoc City School District | High | 58.0% | +12.0pp |
| 207 | Iuka Elementary School Iuka · Tishomingo County School District | Elementary | 57.9% | +11.9pp |
| 208 | Enterprise Attendance Center BROOKHAVEN · Lincoln County School District | Combined | 57.8% | +11.8pp |
| 209 | Petal Middle School PETAL · Petal School District | Middle | 57.8% | +11.8pp |
| 210 | Vancleave Middle School Vancleave · Jackson County School District | Middle | 57.8% | +11.8pp |
| 211 | Bay Springs Elementary School BAY SPRINGS · West Jasper School District | Elementary | 57.7% | +11.7pp |
| 212 | Overpark Elementary School OLIVE BRANCH · DeSoto County School District | Elementary | 57.7% | +11.7pp |
| 213 | Pearl Upper School PEARL · Pearl Public Schools | Elementary | 57.6% | +11.6pp |
| 214 | Casey Elementary School Jackson · Jackson Public Schools | Elementary | 57.5% | +11.5pp |
| 215 | Eupora Elementary School Eupora · Webster County Schools | Elementary | 57.5% | +11.5pp |
| 216 | R.H. Long Booneville Middle School Booneville · Booneville School District | Middle | 57.5% | +11.5pp |
| 217 | DT Cox Elementary School Pontotoc · Pontotoc City School District | Elementary | 57.4% | +11.4pp |
| 218 | Pisgah High School Brandon · Rankin County School District | High | 57.4% | +11.4pp |
| 219 | St. Martin East Elementary Ocean Springs · Jackson County School District | Elementary | 57.4% | +11.4pp |
| 220 | Hills Chapel School Booneville · Prentiss County School District | Elementary | 57.3% | +11.3pp |
| 221 | WEST MARION PRIMARY SCHOOL Foxworth · Marion County School District | Elementary | 57.3% | +11.3pp |
| 222 | Natchez Early College @ Co-Lin Natchez · Natchez-Adams School District | High | 57.1% | +11.1pp |
| 223 | North Pontotoc High School ECRU · PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 57.1% | +11.1pp |
| 224 | Ripley High School Ripley · South Tippah School District | High | 56.9% | +10.9pp |
| 225 | PEARL RIVER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL CARRIERE · Pearl River County School District | High | 56.8% | +10.8pp |
| 226 | Northwest Middle School Flowood · Rankin County School District | Middle | 56.7% | +10.7pp |
| 227 | Nanih Waiya Attendance Center Louisville · Louisville Municipal School District | Combined | 56.6% | +10.6pp |
| 228 | Back Bay Elementary School Biloxi · BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 56.5% | +10.5pp |
| 229 | Madison Palmer High School MARKS · Quitman County School District | High | 56.5% | +10.5pp |
| 230 | Overstreet Elementary School Starkville · Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District | Middle | 56.5% | +10.5pp |
| 231 | Benndale Elementary School LUCEDALE · George County School District | Elementary | 56.4% | +10.4pp |
| 232 | Wesson Attendance Center Wesson · Copiah County School District | Combined | 56.4% | +10.4pp |
| 233 | Caledonia Middle School CALEDONIA · Lowndes County School District | Middle | 56.3% | +10.3pp |
| 234 | Rouse Elementary Brandon · Rankin County School District | Elementary | 56.3% | +10.3pp |
| 235 | East Central Lower Elementary Moss Point · Jackson County School District | Elementary | 56.2% | +10.2pp |
| 236 | Moselle Elementary School Moselle · Jones County School District | Elementary | 56.2% | +10.2pp |
| 237 | Beechwood Elementary VICKSBURG · Vicksburg Warren School District | Elementary | 56.1% | +10.1pp |
| 238 | Biloxi Junior High School Biloxi · BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 56.1% | +10.1pp |
| 239 | Stone High School WIGGINS · Stone County School District | High | 56.1% | +10.1pp |
| 240 | Saltillo Primary School SALTILLO · Lee County | Elementary | 56.0% | +10.0pp |
| 241 | Singing River Gautier · Pascagoula-Gautier School District | Middle | 55.9% | +9.9pp |
| 242 | South Hancock Elementary School Bay St. Louis · Hancock School District | Elementary | 55.9% | +9.9pp |
| 243 | Greene County High School Leakesville · Greene County Schools | High | 55.8% | +9.8pp |
| 244 | Pass Road Elementary Gulfport · Gulfport School District | Elementary | 55.8% | +9.8pp |
| 245 | South Pontotoc Elementary School Pontotoc · PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 55.8% | +9.8pp |
| 246 | South Side Upper Elementary Picayune · Picayune School District | Elementary | 55.8% | +9.8pp |
| 247 | Agricola Elementary School LUCEDALE · George County School District | Elementary | 55.6% | +9.6pp |
| 248 | Bruce Elementary BRUCE · Calhoun County School District | Elementary | 55.6% | +9.6pp |
| 249 | DeSoto Central Elementary SOUTHAVEN · DeSoto County School District | Elementary | 55.5% | +9.5pp |
| 250 | Oxford Middle School Oxford · Oxford School District | Middle | 55.5% | +9.5pp |
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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.