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Best Public Schools in Meadville, MS

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Schools

534

Students

Top rankedFranklin Middle School168^th of 260 Mississippi middle schools

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Summary:

The city of Meadville, Mississippi, is served by a single district, the Franklin County School District, which operates four public schools covering Pre-K through 12th grade and enrolling roughly 1,147 students in a high-poverty area where about 8 in 10 students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Overall, this is a 2-star district, ranking in the lower half of Mississippi, but the schools vary widely in their strengths and challenges.

For parents, the clearest bright spot is Franklin Lower Elementary, which serves PK-3 and posts the district’s best early academic results. In 2025-2026, its 3rd grade ELA and math proficiency rates (51.5% and 52.3%) both edged above state averages, and it had the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 16.1%. The prior year, its 3rd grade scores were even stronger, with 71.4% proficient in math. By contrast, Franklin Upper Elementary (grades 4-6) shows a sharp drop-off, especially in math: 5th grade math proficiency was just 27.1% and 6th grade math was 31.5%, both far below state averages. Its 5th grade ELA (58.6%) and science (63.2%) were more encouraging, despite the school having the district’s highest poverty rate at 82%.

The upper grades present a mixed and somewhat concerning picture. Franklin Middle School (grades 7-8) earned a 2-star rating but stood out in 8th grade science at 61.4% proficient, well above the state’s 54.7%. However, its ELA proficiency remains weak (27.7% in 7th grade), and its overall rank slipped from the 47th to the 35th percentile. The most urgent concerns are at Franklin High School, which is a 1-star school ranked in the 26th percentile and has the district’s highest chronic absenteeism at 28.5%. Even with the lowest student-teacher ratio (8.7), proficiency is below state averages in Biology (42.3%) and English II (39.6%). A few bright spots exist, such as U.S. History (72.6% proficient), but the district’s biggest takeaways are the steep math decline between 3rd and 6th grade and the need to improve attendance and high school outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MAAP English Language Arts (2026)		MAAP Mathematics (2026)		MAAP Algebra I (2026)	MAAP English II (2026)	MAAP Science (2026)	MAAP Biology (2026)	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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Science 8th Grade	MAAP Biology End of Course	Total
Franklin High School	Public	9-12	340 Edison Street S	Meadville	39653	Franklin County	Franklin County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 384-2965	377	43	8.7	78.0%	196 (52.0%)	174 (46.2%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	27	165^th of 224 public high schools	26.3%		45.5	133^rd of 232 public high schools	42.7%	32					56.7	39.6		42.3	$14,965
Franklin Career & Technical Center	Public	8-12	129 Vo-Tech Lane	Meadville	39653	Franklin County	Franklin County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 384-5889	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Franklin Middle School	Public	7-8	236 Edison Street	Meadville	39653	Franklin County	Franklin County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 384-2441	157	15	10.6	80.9%	89 (56.7%)	66 (42.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	36	168^th of 260 public middle schools	35.4%		47	140^th of 266 public middle schools	47.4%	28	27.7	34.2	47.3	37.8			48.8		$13,074
Franklin County Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	481 Hwy. 98 East	Meadville	39653	Franklin County	Franklin County School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(601) 384-2940	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Meadville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Brookhaven	18.52 mi	11
Fayette	20.31 mi	5	149^th
Liberty	21.29 mi	4	120^th
Bogue Chitto	24.97 mi	1
Summit	27.39 mi	6	90^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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