Best School Districts in Mississippi

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Rank (of 130)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
100^th	Aberdeen School District	K-13	1	1	1	0	Aberdeen	Monroe County	0.242	108	8
30^th	Alcorn School District	PK, KG-13	3	2	5	0	Corinth	Alcorn County	0.655	34	4
111^th	Ambition Preparatory Charter School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.204	118	7
91^st	Amite County School District	K-13	1	1	2	0	Liberty	Amite County	0.31	63	28
19^th	Amory School District	K-12	2	1	2	0	Amory	Monroe County	0.748	25	6
37^th	Attala County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	0	Kosciusko	Attala County	0.609	29	8
74^th	Baldwyn School District	K-12	1	0	2	0	Baldwyn	Lee County	0.382	78	4
7^th	Bay Waveland School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bay St Louis	Hancock County	0.823	4	3
70^th	Benton County School District	K-12	1	0	2	1	Ashland	Benton County	0.417	85	15
25^th	Biloxi Public School District	PK, KG-13	5	2	2	0	Biloxi	Harrison County	0.7	20	5
	Bogue Chitto Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County			(n/a)
9^th	Booneville School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Booneville	Prentiss County	0.809	14	5
76^th	Brookhaven School District	PK, KG-13	2	2	2	1	Brookhaven	Lincoln County	0.378	74	2
60^th	Calhoun County School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	1	Pittsboro	Calhoun County	0.494	62	2
82^nd	Canton Public Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	1	Canton	Madison County	0.352	100	18
116^th	Carroll County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Carrollton	Carroll County	0.165	104	12
58^th	Chickasaw County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	3	1	Houston	Chickasaw County	0.502	53	5
	Choctaw Central High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Choctaw	Neshoba County			(n/a)
	Choctaw Central Middle School	7-8	0	1	0	0	Choctaw	Neshoba County			(n/a)
26^th	Choctaw County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	2	0	Ackerman	Choctaw County	0.698	30	4
112^th	Claiborne County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Port Gibson	Claiborne County	0.202	109	3
	Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Clarksdale	Coahoma County			(n/a)
	Clarksdale Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	1	Clarksdale	Coahoma County			(n/a)
86^th	Cleveland School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	0	Cleveland	Bolivar County	0.333	92	6
	Clinton Public School District	PK, KG-13	3	2	2	2	Clinton	Hinds County			(n/a)
108^th	Coahoma County School District	K-12	3	1	1	0	Clarksdale	Coahoma County	0.215	112	4
38^th	Coffeeville School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Coffeeville	Yalobusha County	0.603	79	41
49^th	Columbia School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Columbia	Marion County	0.552	52	3
119^th	Columbus Municipal School District	PK, KG-13	5	1	2	1	Columbus	Lowndes County	0.152	113	6
	Conehatta Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Conehatta	Newton County			(n/a)
59^th	Copiah County School District	K-12	1	1	1	1	Hazlehurst	Copiah County	0.501	59
67^th	Corinth School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	0	Corinth	Alcorn County	0.436	73	6
63^rd	Covington County School District	PK, KG-13	3	1	3	2	Collins	Covington County	0.47	70	7
34^th	Desoto County School District	PK, KG-13	23	8	10	1	Hernando	DeSoto County	0.619	33	1
77^th	East Jasper School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Heidelberg	Jasper County	0.376	66	11
125^th	East Tallahatchie School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Charleston	Tallahatchie County	0.08	121	4
2^nd	Enterprise	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Enterprise	Clarke County	0.915	5	3
114^th	Forest Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Forest	Scott County	0.187	114
3^rd	Forrest County Agricultural High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Brooklyn	Forrest County	0.909	55	52
46^th	Forrest County School District	PK, KG-12	5	0	1	0	Hattiesburg	Forrest County	0.583	40	6
	Franklin County School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	2	0	Meadville	Franklin County			(n/a)
35^th	George County School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Lucedale	George County	0.615	31	4
50^th	Greene County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Leakesville	Greene County	0.541	32	18
104^th	Greenville Public School District	PK, KG-12	6	3	2	0	Greenville	Washington County	0.228	124	20
126^th	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	2	Greenwood	Leflore County	0.078	123	3
11^th	Grenada School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Grenada	Grenada County	0.802	9	2
39^th	Gulfport School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	1	Gulfport	Harrison County	0.598	41	2
14^th	Hancock School District	PK, KG-13	4	1	2	0	Kiln	Hancock County	0.79	7	7
17^th	Harrison County School District	PK, KG-12	15	3	5	1	Gulfport	Harrison County	0.775	16	1
48^th	Hattiesburg	PK, KG-13	5	2	1	1	Hattiesburg	Forrest County	0.559	42	6
110^th	Hazlehurst City School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	0	Hazlehurst	Copiah County	0.205	102	8
69^th	Hinds County School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	4	0	Raymond	Hinds County	0.421	75	6
101^st	Hollandale	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Hollandale	Washington County	0.24	90	11
	Holly Springs School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	2	0	Holly Springs	Marshall County			(n/a)
113^th	Holmes County Consolidated	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Lexington	Holmes County	0.193	120	7
	Instant Impact Global Prep	K-3	1	0	0	0	Natchez	Adams County			(n/a)
40^th	Itawamba County	PK, KG-12	3	0	2	3	Fulton	Itawamba County	0.598	36	4
6^th	Jackson County School District	PK, KG-13	7	3	4	0	Vancleave	Jackson County	0.844	6
103^rd	Jackson Public Schools	PK, KG-13	23	7	7	3	Jackson	Hinds County	0.237	110	7
	Jeff Davis County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Prentiss	Jefferson Davis County			(n/a)
107^th	Jefferson County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	Fayette	Jefferson County	0.215	111	4
121^st	Joel E. Smilow Collegiate	K-4	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.138	126	5
120^th	Joel E. Smilow Prep	5-8	0	1	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.143	101	19
36^th	Jones County School District	PK, KG-13	6	0	4	1	Ellisville	Jones County	0.611	39	3
	Kemper County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	De Kalb	Kemper County			(n/a)
47^th	Kosciusko School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Kosciusko	Attala County	0.579	54	7
23^rd	Lafayette County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Oxford	Lafayette County	0.724	11	12
24^th	Lamar County School District	PK, KG-13	8	3	5	1	Purvis	Lamar County	0.705	23	1
21^st	Lauderdale County School District	PK, KG-13	4	3	4	0	Meridian	Lauderdale County	0.736	24	3
81^st	Laurel School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	1	Laurel	Jones County	0.37	87	6
75^th	Lawrence County School District	K-13	3	1	2	0	Monticello	Lawrence County	0.381	84	9
99^th	Leake County School District	PK, KG-13	2	1	3	0	Carthage	Leake County	0.246	103	4
65^th	Lee County	PK, KG-13	6	4	4	1	Tupelo	Lee County	0.459	65
115^th	Leflore Legacy Academy	6-8	0	1	0	0	Greenwood	Leflore County	0.173	116	1
95^th	Leland School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Leland	Washington County	0.281	94	1
	Lincoln County School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	4	Brookhaven	Lincoln County			(n/a)
	Long Beach School District	PK, KG-13	2	2	1	0	Long Beach	Harrison County			(n/a)
62^nd	Louisville Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	2	Louisville	Winston County	0.477	56	6
43^rd	Lowndes County School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	4	1	Columbus	Lowndes County	0.588	46	3
18^th	Madison County Schools	PK, KG-13	11	4	5	2	Ridgeland	Madison County	0.773	17	1
68^th	Marion County School District	PK, KG-13	2	2	3	0	Columbia	Marion County	0.428	68
89^th	Marshall County School District	PK, KG-13	4	1	4	1	Holly Springs	Marshall County	0.315	98	9
106^th	McComb School District	PK, KG-13	3	2	3	0	McComb	Pike County	0.226		(n/a)
	Mdhs Division Of Youth Services	7-12	0	0	1	0	Raymond	Hinds County			(n/a)
122^nd	Meridian Public Schools	PK, KG-13	5	2	2	1	Meridian	Lauderdale County	0.137	117	5
118^th	Midtown Public Charter School	PK, KG-8	0	1	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.154	125	7
128^th	Mississippi Achievement School District Of Humphreys County	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Belzoni	Humphreys County	0.065	127	1
130^th	Mississippi Achievement School District Of Yazoo City	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	Yazoo City	Yazoo County	0.033	129	1
1^st	Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science	11-12	0	0	1	0	Columbus	Lowndes County	0.996	1
97^th	Mississippi School Of The Arts	11-12	0	0	1	0	Brookhaven	Lincoln County	0.259		(n/a)
	Mississippi Schools For The Blind And Deaf	K-12	0	0	0	2	Jackson	Hinds County			(n/a)
	Monroe County School District	K-13	0	0	2	3	Amory	Monroe County			(n/a)
90^th	Moss Point School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Moss Point	Jackson County	0.311	86	4
87^th	Natchez-Adams School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	4	0	Natchez	Adams County	0.325	99	12
8^th	Neshoba County Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County	0.818	10	2
79^th	Nettleton School District	K-13	2	1	1	0	Nettleton	Lee County	0.374		(n/a)
15^th	New Albany Public Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	New Albany	Union County	0.787	19	4
16^th	Newton County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	2	Decatur	Newton County	0.779	15	1
109^th	Newton Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Newton	Newton County	0.21	96	13
83^rd	North Bolivar Consolidated	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Mound Bayou	Bolivar County	0.348	106	23
	North Panola	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Sardis	Panola County			(n/a)
55^th	North Pike Schools	K-13	1	2	2	0	Summit	Pike County	0.515	51	4
56^th	North Tippah School District	PK, KG-13	1	0	0	2	Falkner	Tippah County	0.513	50	6
	Noxubee County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Macon	Noxubee County			(n/a)
	Ocean Springs School District	PK, KG-13	3	2	2	0	Ocean Springs	Jackson County			(n/a)
94^th	Okolona School District	K-12	1	1	2	0	Okolona	Chickasaw County	0.282	93	1
	Oxford School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Oxford	Lafayette County			(n/a)
44^th	Pascagoula-Gautier School District	PK, KG-13	10	4	3	2	Pascagoula	Jackson County	0.586	38	6
5^th	Pass Christian School District	PK, KG-13	2	1	1	0	Pass Christian	Harrison County	0.871	8	3
31^st	Pearl Public Schools	PK, KG-13	3	1	1	0	Pearl	Rankin County	0.64	44	13
32^nd	Pearl River County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Carriere	Pearl River County	0.639	27	5
	Pearl River Elementary School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Choctaw	Neshoba County			(n/a)
80^th	Perry County School District	K-12	2	1	3	0	New Augusta	Perry County	0.371	81	1
4^th	Petal School District	PK, KG-13	2	2	1	0	Petal	Forrest County	0.902	2	2
105^th	Philadelphia Public School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County	0.226	91	14
61^st	Picayune School District	PK, KG-13	5	1	3	0	Picayune	Pearl River County	0.484	58	3
20^th	Pontotoc City School District	PK, KG-13	2	2	1	0	Pontotoc	Pontotoc County	0.739	28	8
28^th	Pontotoc County School District	K-13	2	3	4	0	Pontotoc	Pontotoc County	0.688	26	2
12^th	Poplarville School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Poplarville	Pearl River County	0.794	18	6
27^th	Prentiss County School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	3	Booneville	Prentiss County	0.697	35	8
64^th	Quitman County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Marks	Quitman County	0.461	72	8
93^rd	Quitman School District	PK, KG-13	2	1	2	1	Quitman	Clarke County	0.286	89	4
22^nd	Rankin County School District	PK, KG-12	16	3	8	1	Brandon	Rankin County	0.733	22
	Red Water Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Carthage	Leake County			(n/a)
127^th	Reimagine Prep	5-8	0	1	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.068	107	20
	Revive	K-3	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County			(n/a)
66^th	Richton School District	K-12	1	0	1	0	Richton	Perry County	0.451	43	23
51^st	Scott County School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	2	Forest	Scott County	0.538	60	9
53^rd	Senatobia Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Senatobia	Tate County	0.516	57	4
92^nd	Simpson County School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	1	Mendenhall	Simpson County	0.291	95	3
54^th	Smith County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	3	Raleigh	Smith County	0.516	61	7
124^th	South Delta School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	2	0	Rolling Fork	Sharkey County	0.12	122	2
52^nd	South Panola School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Batesville	Panola County	0.528	47	5
	South Pike School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	0	Magnolia	Pike County			(n/a)
29^th	South Tippah School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	2	Ripley	Tippah County	0.666	37	8
	Sr1 College Prep & Stem Academy	K-2	1	0	0	0	Canton	Madison County			(n/a)
	Standing Pine Elementary School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Carthage	Leake County			(n/a)
57^th	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	3	3	3	0	Starkville	Oktibbeha County	0.508	64	7
10^th	Stone County School District	K-12	2	1	2	0	Wiggins	Stone County	0.804	12	2
98^th	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	4	4	3	1	Indianola	Sunflower County	0.257	88	10
73^rd	Tate County School District	K-12	3	0	3	0	Coldwater	Tate County	0.396	82	9
42^nd	Tishomingo County School District	K-13	3	1	3	1	Iuka	Tishomingo County	0.588	49	7
	Tucker Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County			(n/a)
85^th	Tunica School District	PK, KG-13	3	1	3	0	Tunica	Tunica County	0.337	69	16
45^th	Tupelo Public School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	1	Tupelo	Lee County	0.585	45
	Union County School District	PK, KG-13	0	0	0	4	New Albany	Union County			(n/a)
13^th	Union Public School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	0	Union	Newton County	0.793	3	10
71^st	Vicksburg Warren School District	PK, KG-13	10	2	3	0	Vicksburg	Warren County	0.399	71
	Walthall County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Tylertown	Walthall County			(n/a)
72^nd	Water Valley School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Water Valley	Yalobusha County	0.396	67	5
78^th	Wayne County School District	PK, KG-12	5	0	3	0	Waynesboro	Wayne County	0.375	83	5
33^rd	Webster County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	0	Eupora	Webster County	0.62	21	12
123^rd	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	K-12	2	0	3	0	Rosedale	Bolivar County	0.129		(n/a)
41^st	West Jasper School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Bay Springs	Jasper County	0.591	48	7
102^nd	West Point Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	1	West Point	Clay County	0.24	77	25
117^th	West Tallahatchie School District	K-12	1	0	2	0	Sumner	Tallahatchie County	0.159	115	2
84^th	Western Line Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Avon	Washington County	0.343	105	21
129^th	Wilkinson County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Woodville	Wilkinson County	0.04	130	1
88^th	Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Winona	Montgomery County	0.315	80	8
96^th	Yazoo County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Yazoo City	Yazoo County	0.267	97	1

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