English Language Arts
13.3%
State avg 45.9%
District avg 20.1%
County avg 20.1%
-20.0pp since 2023-24
District avg 20.1%
County avg 20.1%
-20.0pp since 2023-24
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Mississippi schools by score · Sharkey County schools by score
MAAP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient + Advanced.Mathematics
30.2%
State avg 52.8%
District avg 33.1%
County avg 33.1%
-17.0pp since 2023-24
District avg 33.1%
County avg 33.1%
-17.0pp since 2023-24
Science
20.0%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 38.1%
County avg 38.1%
-20.5pp since 2023-24
District avg 38.1%
County avg 38.1%
-20.5pp since 2023-24
US History
71.1%
State avg 68.0%
District avg 71.1%
County avg 71.1%
+23.4pp since 2023-24
District avg 71.1%
County avg 71.1%
+23.4pp since 2023-24
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 30 of 100 do math at grade level, about 20 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 71 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 17 points, science scores are down about 21 points, and social studies scores are up about 23 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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. South Delta Mississippi avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 13.3% | 20.1% | 20.1% | 45.9% |
| SY 2023-24 | 33.3% | 27.2% | 27.2% | 46.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 30.2% | 33.1% | 33.1% | 52.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 47.2% | 40.2% | 40.2% | 53.2% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 20.0% | 38.1% | 38.1% | 59.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 40.5% | 43.8% | 43.8% | 62.8% |
US History
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 71.1% | 71.1% | 71.1% | 68.0% |
| SY 2023-24 | 47.7% | 47.7% | 47.7% | 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 13.3% mean for English Language Arts at South Delta High School?
It means about 13.3 percent of students tested at South Delta 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.