Best Public Schools in Madison, MS

Summary:

The city of Madison, Mississippi is home to a high-performing school district, the Madison County School District, which operates 10 schools serving students from elementary through high school. The district is ranked 18 out of 130 school districts in Mississippi and is rated 4 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Several schools in the district stand out as top performers, including Madison Middle School, which is ranked #1 out of 266 Mississippi middle schools with a 5-star rating, and Madison Station Elementary School and Mannsdale Upper Elementary, both of which are ranked in the top 10 out of 383 Mississippi elementary schools and also have 5-star ratings. Additionally, Madison Central High School is ranked #18 out of 232 Mississippi high schools and has a 5-star rating.

While the district as a whole performs well above the state averages in most subject areas, there is a noticeable gap in performance between the high-performing schools and the alternative school, Rosa Scott School, which suggests a need for additional support and resources for students in the alternative school setting. Additionally, the district-wide chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9%, which is higher than the state average, is an area of concern that the district may want to investigate and address.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP English Language Arts (2025)						MAAP Mathematics (2025)						MAAP Algebra I (2025)	MAAP English II (2025)	MAAP Science (2025)		MAAP Biology (2025)	MAAP U.S. History1 (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Science 5th Grade	MAAP Science 8th Grade	MAAP Biology End of Course	MAAP U.S. History1 End of Course	Total
Madison Station Elementary	Public	K-5	459 Reunion Parkway	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 856-6246	980	64	15.3	14.0%	675 (68.9%)	136 (13.9%)	13 (1.3%)	110 (11.2%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	42 (4.3%)	94.9	7^th of 383 public elementary schools	98.2%		96.4	5^th of 390 public elementary schools	98.7%	2	86.6	84.4	89.1				85.2	90.6	77.8						81.6				$10,820
Madison County Alternative School	Public, Alternative	1-12	300 Industrial Drive South	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 607-7963	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Madison Avenue Upper	Public	3-5	1209 Madison Avenue	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 856-6609	474	33	14.4	17.5%	327 (69.0%)	83 (17.5%)	16 (3.4%)	33 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	94	12^th of 383 public elementary schools	96.9%		95.8	7^th of 390 public elementary schools	98.2%	5	87.7	79.5	80.2				90.0	78.3	79.6						85.0				$11,572
Madison Middle School	Public	6-8	1365 Mannsdale Road	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 605-4171	1,180	96	12.2	25.2%	739 (62.6%)	292 (24.7%)	34 (2.9%)	100 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.3%)	97.9	1^st of 266 public middle schools	99.6%		97.4	1^st of 264 public middle schools	99.6%					78.9	72.3	76.2				87.2	87.3	88.8	100.0			87.4	99.1		$12,017
Madison County Vocational Complex	Public	9-12	379 Calhoun Station Parkway	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 859-6847	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Madison Avenue Elementary K2	Public	K-2	1199 Madison Avenue	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 856-2951	397	29	13.7	18.4%	260 (65.5%)	90 (22.7%)	12 (3.0%)	25 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)								(n/a)																			$13,855
Madison Central High School	Public	10-12	1417 Highland Colony Parkway	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 856-7121	1,260	96	13.1	22.1%	727 (57.7%)	363 (28.8%)	42 (3.3%)	103 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (1.9%)	86.7	18^th of 232 public high schools	92.2%		82.8	22^nd of 228 public high schools	90.4%	4													44.6	70.4			23.2	89.3	$15,373
Rosa Scott	Public, Alternative	9	929 Poore's Pass	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 605-0054	373	36	10.2	22.8%	235 (63.0%)	86 (23.1%)	15 (4.0%)	29 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)								(n/a)													92.5				77.6		$13,558
Germantown Middle	Public	6-8	439 Calhoun Station Parkway	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 859-0376	1,008	71	14.1	28.6%	533 (52.9%)	389 (38.6%)	27 (2.7%)	45 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.3%)	91.6	10^th of 266 public middle schools	96.2%		88.1	25^th of 264 public middle schools	90.5%	15				67.2	59.7	63.0				72.2	76.9	71.9	100.0			77.3	96.6		$10,272
Mannsdale Elementary School	Public	K-2	443 Mannsdale Road	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 879-0309	578	36	16.2	10.9%	421 (72.8%)	112 (19.4%)	15 (2.6%)	19 (3.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)								(n/a)																			$11,630
Germantown High School	Public	9-12	409 Calhoun Station Parkway	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 859-6150	1,411	96	14.7	25.9%	759 (53.8%)	546 (38.7%)	33 (2.3%)	49 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	21 (1.5%)	83.5	29^th of 232 public high schools	87.5%		78.1	41^st of 228 public high schools	82.0%	12													77.5	68.2			71.7	83.5	$13,546
Mannsdale Upper Elementary	Public	3-5	371 Mannsdale Road	Madison	39110	Madison County	Madison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(601) 879-3433	578	42	13.7	13.8%	419 (72.5%)	107 (18.5%)	10 (1.7%)	25 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)	94.7	8^th of 383 public elementary schools	97.9%		93.9	12^th of 390 public elementary schools	96.9%	4	82.6	80.5	83.4				90.2	76.7	81.9						89.1				$11,173

Cities Near Madison

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ridgeland	1.82 mi	5	94^th
Canton	4.71 mi	13	97^th
Jackson	6.44 mi	49	178^th
Flowood	9 mi	4	16^th
Brandon	10.21 mi	11	35^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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