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2008 - 2009
Rank (of 198)
City
# Elementary Schools
# Middle Schools
# High Schools
# Alt. Schools
# Private Schools*
Rank score (
2023
)
Rank (
2022
)
Rank change from
2022
SchoolDigger Rating (
2023
)
1
st
Hernando
3
2
1
1
2
0.975
1
2
nd
Madison
5
2
3
2
4
0.952
3
1
3
rd
Long Beach
2
2
1
0
2
0.943
4
1
4
th
Collinsville
0
1
1
0
0
0.942
9
5
5
th
Saucier
2
0
0
0
0
0.937
11
6
6
th
New Site
0
0
1
0
0
0.934
2
4
7
th
Caledonia
1
1
1
0
0
0.921
6
1
8
th
Kiln
2
1
2
0
0
0.894
23
15
9
th
Sumrall
1
1
1
0
3
0.893
10
1
10
th
Bay St Louis
1
0
1
0
4
0.892
16
6
11
th
Enterprise
1
1
1
0
0
0.892
18
7
12
th
Union
1
1
1
0
1
0.89
25
13
13
th
Vancleave
2
1
2
0
0
0.884
7
6
14
th
Mathiston
1
0
0
0
0
0.873
27
13
15
th
Brandon
7
1
2
1
2
0.868
14
1
16
th
French Camp
1
0
0
0
1
0.862
5
11
17
th
Flowood
2
1
1
0
1
0.858
17
18
th
Ocean Springs
5
3
3
0
4
0.855
21
3
19
th
Biloxi
8
2
3
1
5
0.848
13
6
20
th
Osyka
1
0
0
0
0
0.846
26
6
21
st
Perkinston
1
0
0
0
0
0.841
32
11
22
nd
Pass Christian
3
1
1
0
0
0.833
15
7
23
rd
Mc Cool
1
0
0
0
0
0.83
38
15
24
th
Puckett
1
0
1
0
0
0.828
43
19
25
th
Petal
3
2
1
0
0
0.824
12
13
26
th
New Albany
1
1
2
2
1
0.82
19
7
27
th
Grenada
1
1
3
0
1
0.817
30
3
28
th
Redwood
1
0
0
0
0
0.812
45
17
29
th
Ethel
0
0
1
0
0
0.81
108
79
30
th
Olive Branch
9
2
4
0
3
0.801
22
8
31
st
Decatur
1
0
1
2
1
0.789
46
15
32
nd
Florence
3
1
2
0
1
0.787
31
1
33
rd
Buckatunna
1
0
0
0
0
0.787
57
24
34
th
Mooreville
1
1
1
0
0
0.787
28
6
35
th
Marietta
1
0
0
0
0
0.775
41
6
36
th
Diberville
1
1
0
0
1
0.765
20
16
37
th
Oxford
5
3
3
0
3
0.765
29
8
38
th
Poplarville
2
1
2
0
0
0.765
35
3
39
th
Maben
0
0
2
0
0
0.76
24
15
40
th
Merigold
1
0
0
0
0
0.756
8
32
41
st
Purvis
2
1
2
1
1
0.751
55
14
42
nd
Leakesville
1
1
2
0
0
0.748
77
35
43
rd
Wiggins
1
1
1
0
1
0.748
36
7
44
th
Booneville
2
1
3
3
0
0.738
59
15
45
th
Ripley
1
1
2
1
0
0.736
72
27
46
th
Ecru
1
2
1
0
0
0.719
42
4
47
th
Pontotoc
3
3
4
0
0
0.694
39
8
48
th
Lake
1
1
1
0
0
0.689
63
15
49
th
Carriere
1
1
2
0
0
0.683
60
11
50
th
Gautier
3
2
1
0
0
0.683
54
4
51
st
Ackerman
1
0
2
0
0
0.68
37
14
52
nd
Golden
1
0
0
0
0
0.679
75
23
53
rd
Tupelo
9
2
4
0
7
0.677
40
13
54
th
Amory
2
1
3
1
1
0.674
33
21
55
th
Iuka
1
1
1
0
0
0.674
58
3
56
th
Pearl
3
1
1
0
2
0.673
50
6
57
th
Gulfport
14
4
7
1
4
0.66
52
5
58
th
Brooklyn
1
0
1
0
0
0.659
56
2
59
th
Bay Saint Louis
1
1
0
0
0
0.654
71
12
60
th
Pascagoula
7
2
2
1
3
0.653
53
7
61
st
Walnut
1
0
0
1
0
0.648
51
10
62
nd
Bruce
1
0
1
0
0
0.644
90
28
63
rd
Fulton
2
0
2
1
0
0.64
79
16
64
th
Houston
2
1
3
0
0
0.64
(n/a)
65
th
Ellisville
1
0
1
1
1
0.639
67
2
66
th
Hattiesburg
14
3
3
1
8
0.637
64
2
67
th
Moselle
1
0
0
0
0
0.637
44
23
68
th
Richland
2
0
1
0
0
0.636
82
14
69
th
Lucedale
5
2
2
0
0
0.636
61
8
70
th
Lake Cormorant
1
1
1
0
1
0.62
47
23
71
st
Raleigh
1
0
2
1
0
0.613
34
37
72
nd
Pope
1
0
0
0
0
0.608
66
6
73
rd
Seminary
1
1
1
0
1
0.605
87
14
74
th
Glen
1
1
1
0
0
0.599
49
25
75
th
Corinth
3
2
5
0
1
0.59
70
5
76
th
Saltillo
2
0
1
0
0
0.587
83
7
77
th
Pelahatchie
1
0
1
0
0
0.576
88
11
78
th
Camden
1
0
1
0
0
0.574
48
30
79
th
Tishomingo
1
0
2
0
0
0.571
101
22
80
th
Moss Point
4
2
3
1
0
0.57
73
7
81
st
Raymond
1
1
2
1
1
0.558
65
16
82
nd
Eupora
1
0
2
0
1
0.557
78
4
83
rd
Cedarbluff
2
0
0
0
0
0.552
136
53
84
th
Guntown
0
1
0
0
0
0.551
91
7
85
th
Louisville
2
1
2
1
2
0.551
94
9
86
th
Southaven
6
2
3
0
3
0.545
68
18
87
th
Richton
2
0
1
0
0
0.541
74
13
88
th
Heidelberg
1
1
1
0
0
0.529
99
11
89
th
Senatobia
1
1
1
1
1
0.519
105
16
90
th
Baldwyn
1
1
2
0
0
0.515
113
23
91
st
Foxworth
1
1
1
0
0
0.504
89
2
92
nd
Philadelphia
4
1
2
0
0
0.502
81
11
93
rd
Batesville
3
1
1
0
1
0.498
106
13
94
th
Water Valley
1
0
1
0
0
0.497
93
1
95
th
Kosciusko
3
1
2
1
1
0.497
110
15
96
th
Sarah
1
0
1
0
0
0.493
85
11
97
th
Sallis
1
0
1
0
0
0.489
140
43
98
th
Laurel
8
1
5
1
2
0.482
104
6
99
th
Picayune
8
1
3
0
5
0.473
109
10
100
th
Meadville
1
2
2
0
0
0.472
97
3
101
st
Pinola
1
0
0
0
0
0.472
76
25
102
nd
Nettleton
1
1
1
0
0
0.469
114
12
103
rd
Monticello
2
1
2
0
0
0.466
121
18
104
th
Columbia
3
1
3
0
2
0.462
102
2
105
th
Canton
6
3
2
2
1
0.456
100
5
106
th
Weir
1
0
0
0
0
0.454
98
8
107
th
Summit
3
1
2
0
1
0.453
112
5
108
th
Sturgis
2
0
0
0
0
0.448
80
28
109
th
Ridgeland
2
1
1
0
3
0.437
95
14
110
th
Vicksburg
9
2
4
0
4
0.433
118
8
111
th
Utica
1
0
0
0
0
0.421
86
25
112
th
Meridian
10
5
5
1
3
0.414
117
5
113
th
Lumberton
2
0
1
0
2
0.414
84
29
114
th
Waynesboro
4
0
3
0
0
0.412
115
1
115
th
Burnsville
1
0
0
0
0
0.399
107
8
116
th
Robinsonville
1
0
0
0
0
0.398
149
33
117
th
Bay Springs
1
1
1
0
1
0.394
116
1
118
th
Aberdeen
1
1
2
0
0
0.394
165
47
119
th
Terry
0
1
1
0
0
0.388
120
1
120
th
Bassfield
1
0
1
0
0
0.383
111
9
121
st
Duncan
1
0
0
0
0
0.374
177
56
122
nd
Hollandale
1
0
1
1
0
0.37
150
28
123
rd
Indianola
1
2
2
1
2
0.369
138
15
124
th
Marks
0
1
2
0
1
0.368
137
13
125
th
Walls
1
0
0
0
1
0.361
103
22
126
th
Bolton
1
0
0
1
0
0.358
124
2
127
th
Calhoun City
1
0
2
0
1
0.355
125
2
128
th
Walnut Grove
1
0
1
0
0
0.354
152
24
129
th
Tylertown
2
1
2
1
0
0.352
144
15
130
th
Drew
1
1
0
0
1
0.35
126
4
131
st
Bentonia
1
0
0
0
0
0.345
154
23
132
nd
Newton
1
1
2
0
0
0.344
145
13
133
rd
Newhebron
1
0
0
0
0
0.343
173
40
134
th
Lambert
1
0
0
0
0
0.342
143
9
135
th
New Augusta
0
1
3
0
0
0.334
148
13
136
th
Liberty
1
0
2
0
1
0.333
162
26
137
th
Beaumont
1
0
0
0
0
0.332
123
14
138
th
Ruleville
1
1
1
0
0
0.327
171
33
139
th
Collins
2
1
2
1
0
0.321
161
22
140
th
Columbus
7
2
6
2
3
0.319
135
5
141
st
Flora
1
0
0
0
1
0.316
128
13
142
nd
Jonestown
1
0
0
0
0
0.305
130
12
143
rd
Winona
1
0
2
0
1
0.303
127
16
144
th
Hazlehurst
1
1
1
0
0
0.303
175
31
145
th
Tunica
1
1
3
0
1
0.298
139
6
146
th
Forest
1
1
2
1
0
0.295
122
24
147
th
Byhalia
1
1
1
0
0
0.294
155
8
148
th
North Carrollton
1
0
1
0
0
0.29
169
21
149
th
Fayette
1
2
2
1
0
0.288
179
30
150
th
Potts Camp
1
0
0
1
0
0.285
(n/a)
151
st
Dundee
1
0
0
0
0
0.281
92
59
152
nd
Horn Lake
3
1
1
0
0
0.276
133
19
153
rd
Coldwater
2
0
3
0
0
0.276
132
21
154
th
Lyon
1
0
0
0
0
0.271
119
35
155
th
Quitman
2
1
2
1
0
0.258
147
8
156
th
Coffeeville
1
0
1
0
0
0.257
160
4
157
th
Mendenhall
1
1
2
0
2
0.249
131
26
158
th
Jackson
36
13
9
5
19
0.247
157
1
159
th
Okolona
1
1
2
0
0
0.243
142
17
160
th
Avon
1
0
1
0
0
0.239
129
31
161
st
Shannon
2
1
1
0
0
0.238
151
10
162
nd
Leland
1
1
2
0
0
0.235
164
2
163
rd
Magnolia
1
1
3
0
0
0.231
166
3
164
th
Greenville
9
3
3
0
6
0.23
163
1
165
th
Port Gibson
1
1
2
0
0
0.219
174
9
166
th
Holly Springs
3
2
4
1
2
0.216
159
7
167
th
Mound Bayou
1
0
0
0
0
0.199
172
5
168
th
Moorhead
2
0
0
0
0
0.198
191
23
169
th
De Kalb
0
2
2
0
1
0.186
178
9
170
th
Carthage
3
1
2
0
1
0.178
184
14
171
st
Plantersville
0
1
0
0
0
0.177
170
1
172
nd
Magee
1
1
1
1
1
0.176
156
16
173
rd
Goodman
1
0
0
0
0
0.175
198
25
174
th
Anguilla
0
1
0
0
0
0.165
146
28
175
th
Webb
0
0
2
0
0
0.164
190
15
176
th
Crystal Springs
1
1
1
0
0
0.158
181
5
177
th
Ashland
1
0
2
0
0
0.154
168
9
178
th
Charleston
1
1
2
0
1
0.144
182
4
179
th
Prentiss
1
0
0
0
1
0.143
134
45
180
th
Morton
1
1
1
0
0
0.137
153
27
181
st
Rolling Fork
1
0
2
0
0
0.119
176
5
182
nd
Greenwood
7
3
3
1
4
0.109
186
4
183
rd
Shelby
0
0
1
0
0
0.102
187
4
184
th
Cleveland
4
1
3
0
2
0.101
180
4
185
th
Lexington
2
1
2
0
1
0.099
183
2
186
th
Belzoni
1
1
2
0
1
0.096
202
16
187
th
Sardis
1
0
1
0
0
0.092
167
20
188
th
Yazoo City
2
2
3
1
1
0.084
196
8
189
th
Clarksdale
5
2
3
1
3
0.077
194
5
190
th
Durant
1
1
0
0
0
0.076
192
2
191
st
Verona
1
0
0
0
0
0.066
185
6
192
nd
Itta Bena
1
0
1
1
0
0.064
188
4
193
rd
Sumner
1
0
0
0
0
0.064
197
4
194
th
Friars Point
1
0
0
0
0
0.058
189
5
195
th
Centreville
1
1
0
0
1
0.056
200
5
196
th
Macon
1
2
2
0
0
0.032
199
3
197
th
Vaughan
1
0
0
0
0
0.029
193
4
198
th
Rosedale
1
0
2
0
0
0.018
201
3
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