Summary:
Maben, Mississippi, is served by a single school, East Webster High School, which covers grades 6 through 12 with 445 students and belongs to the Webster County Schools district. The district is ranked 29th out of 134 districts in Mississippi, earning a 4-star rating. With a student-teacher ratio of 12:1 and 46.5% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, the school serves a diverse cross-section of the community.
The school's biggest strength is its graduation rate of 98.7%, which is 11.2 percentage points above the district average and 9.5 points above the state average. On the 2025–2026 MAAP tests, East Webster outperformed the state in eight of ten tested areas, including standout results in Algebra I (78% proficient), Biology (75%), and 6th-grade math (73.1%). The school earned a 4-star state rating and ranked 64th out of 224 schools in 2025–2026, rebounding from a 3-star, 94th-place finish the prior year. Its three-year ranking history shows notable swings—from 32nd in 2023–2024 to 94th in 2024–2025 and back to 64th in 2025–2026—so families should look at multi-year trends rather than any single year in isolation.
Areas worth monitoring include 8th-grade ELA, where only 29.8% of students are proficient compared to 40.9% statewide, and 7th-grade math, where the school trails the state by a small margin. These uneven results across grade levels suggest that some cohorts face more challenges than others, particularly during the middle-school transition years. Chronic absenteeism affects 23.3% of students, which is slightly better than the district's 26.0% but still means roughly one in four students misses significant instructional time. Despite these concerns, East Webster's exceptional graduation rate, strong math and science performance, and recent 4-star recovery make it a solid educational choice for families in Maben.
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