English Language Arts
21.3%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 22.3%
County avg 33.1%
+8.1pp since 2022-23
District avg 22.3%
County avg 33.1%
+8.1pp since 2022-23
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Mississippi schools by score · Bolivar County schools by score
MAAP, SY 2023-24
All grades, all students. % Proficient + Advanced.Mathematics
24.5%
State avg 52.8%
District avg 22.9%
County avg 38.0%
+1.0pp since 2022-23
District avg 22.9%
County avg 38.0%
+1.0pp since 2022-23
Science
30.9%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 35.0%
County avg 49.2%
+7.0pp since 2022-23
District avg 35.0%
County avg 49.2%
+7.0pp since 2022-23
US History
34.9%
State avg 68.0%
District avg 46.4%
County avg 49.0%
+8.0pp since 2022-23
District avg 46.4%
County avg 49.0%
+8.0pp since 2022-23
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 25 of 100 do math at grade level, about 31 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 35 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 up about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points, science scores are up about 7 points, and social studies scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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. Shaw Mississippi avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 21.3% | 22.3% | 33.1% | 45.9% |
| SY 2022-23 | 13.2% | 16.9% | 31.8% | 46.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 24.5% | 22.9% | 38.0% | 52.8% |
| SY 2022-23 | 23.5% | 16.8% | 33.3% | 53.2% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 30.9% | 35.0% | 49.2% | 59.8% |
| SY 2022-23 | 23.9% | 45.4% | 53.7% | 62.8% |
US History
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 34.9% | 46.4% | 49.0% | 68.0% |
| SY 2022-23 | 26.9% | 49.8% | 50.2% | 69.5% |
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 21.3% mean for English Language Arts at Shaw High School?
It means about 21.3 percent of students tested at Shaw High School performed at grade level or above on the MAAP English Language Arts test in 2023-24. 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.