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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Purvis High School Purvis · Lamar County School District | High | 53.0% | +7.0pp |
| 302 | George County High School LUCEDALE · George County School District | High | 52.9% | +6.9pp |
| 303 | Hattiesburg STEAM Academy Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg | Middle | 52.9% | +6.9pp |
| 304 | Blue Mountain High School Blue Mountain · South Tippah School District | Combined | 52.8% | +6.8pp |
| 305 | Nichols Elementary School Biloxi · BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 52.8% | +6.8pp |
| 306 | North Pike Elementary School Summit · North Pike Schools | Elementary | 52.8% | +6.8pp |
| 307 | Pontotoc Middle School Pontotoc · Pontotoc City School District | Middle | 52.7% | +6.7pp |
| 308 | Noxapater Attendance NOXAPATER · Louisville Municipal School District | Combined | 52.5% | +6.5pp |
| 309 | Stone Middle School Wiggins · Stone County School District | Middle | 52.5% | +6.5pp |
| 310 | Seminary Middle Seminary · Covington County School District | Middle | 52.4% | +6.4pp |
| 311 | Lake Cormorant Elementary LAKE CORMORANT · DeSoto County School District | Elementary | 52.3% | +6.3pp |
| 312 | Milam Elementary School Tupelo · Tupelo Public School District | Middle | 52.3% | +6.3pp |
| 313 | Nettleton Elementary School Nettleton · Nettleton School District | Elementary | 52.2% | +6.2pp |
| 314 | Akin Elementary School Greenville · Greenville Public School District | Elementary | 52.1% | +6.1pp |
| 315 | Martin Bluff Gautier · Pascagoula-Gautier School District | Elementary | 52.1% | +6.1pp |
| 316 | Hatley School AMORY · Monroe County School District | Combined | 52.0% | +6.0pp |
| 317 | West Harrison Middle Gulfport · Harrison County School District | Middle | 52.0% | +6.0pp |
| 318 | Newton County High School Decatur · NEWTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 51.8% | +5.8pp |
| 319 | Tishomingo Elementary School Tishomingo · Tishomingo County School District | Elementary | 51.7% | +5.7pp |
| 320 | Lawndale Elementary School Tupelo · Tupelo Public School District | Elementary | 51.6% | +5.6pp |
| 321 | South Jones Elementary School Ellisville · Jones County School District | Elementary | 51.5% | +5.5pp |
| 322 | Alcorn Central Elementary School GLEN · Alcorn School District | Elementary | 51.4% | +5.4pp |
| 323 | Batesville Middle School Batesville · South Panola School District | Elementary | 51.4% | +5.4pp |
| 324 | Cherokee Elementary Pascagoula · Pascagoula-Gautier School District | Elementary | 51.4% | +5.4pp |
| 325 | Columbia High School Columbia · COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 51.4% | +5.4pp |
| 326 | Mooreville Middle School MOOREVILLE · Lee County | Middle | 51.4% | +5.4pp |
| 327 | Center Hill Middle School Olive Branch · DeSoto County School District | Middle | 51.3% | +5.3pp |
| 328 | Spann Elementary School Jackson · Jackson Public Schools | Elementary | 51.3% | +5.3pp |
| 329 | Itawamba Agricultural High School Fulton · Itawamba County | High | 51.2% | +5.2pp |
| 330 | Lafayette High School Oxford · Lafayette County | High | 51.2% | +5.2pp |
| 331 | Mclain Attendance Center McLain · Greene County Schools | Elementary | 51.1% | +5.1pp |
| 332 | Bay Waveland Middle School Bay St. Louis · Bay Waveland School District | Middle | 51.0% | +5.0pp |
| 333 | Chalybeate Elementary Walnut · North Tippah School District | Elementary | 51.0% | +5.0pp |
| 334 | Tupelo High School Tupelo · Tupelo Public School District | High | 50.9% | +4.9pp |
| 335 | Anderson Elementary School Booneville · Booneville School District | Elementary | 50.8% | +4.8pp |
| 336 | Iuka Middle School Iuka · Tishomingo County School District | Middle | 50.8% | +4.8pp |
| 337 | Middle School Of Poplarville Poplarville · Poplarville School District | Middle | 50.8% | +4.8pp |
| 338 | Oak Grove Middle School Hattiesburg · Lamar County School District | Middle | 50.8% | +4.8pp |
| 339 | Alcorn Central Middle School GLEN · Alcorn School District | Middle | 50.7% | +4.7pp |
| 340 | East Jones Elementary Laurel · Jones County School District | Elementary | 50.7% | +4.7pp |
| 341 | North Pontotoc Elementary School Ecru · PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 50.7% | +4.7pp |
| 342 | Starkville High School Starkville · Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District | High | 50.7% | +4.7pp |
| 343 | Kosciusko Lower Elem KOSCIUSKO · Kosciusko School District | Elementary | 50.6% | +4.6pp |
| 344 | Richland High School Richland · Rankin County School District | High | 50.5% | +4.5pp |
| 345 | Strayhorn Elementary School Sarah · Tate County School District | Elementary | 50.5% | +4.5pp |
| 346 | West Side Elementary Picayune · Picayune School District | Elementary | 50.5% | +4.5pp |
| 347 | Senatobia Elementary School Senatobia · Senatobia Municipal School District | Elementary | 50.4% | +4.4pp |
| 348 | West Jones High School Laurel · Jones County School District | High | 50.3% | +4.3pp |
| 349 | Highland Elementary School RIDGELAND · Madison County Schools | Elementary | 50.1% | +4.1pp |
| 350 | 28th Street Elementary Gulfport · Gulfport School District | Elementary | 50.0% | +4.0pp |
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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.