Best Public Schools in Mooreville, MS

The Mooreville, Mississippi, area is served by three public schools in the Lee County School District — Mooreville Elementary School (PK–5, 722 students), Mooreville Middle School (6–8, 333 students), and Mooreville High School (9–12, 445 students) — forming a complete K–12 pipeline of roughly 1,500 students. While the Lee County district itself ranks near the middle of Mississippi districts (66th of 134, 3 stars), all three Mooreville schools earn 4-star ratings and rank in the 78th–82nd percentile statewide, making Mooreville one of the strongest clusters of schools in the district.

Each school has its own distinct strength. Mooreville Middle School is the standout in math and science, with 7th grade math proficiency at 83.9% and 8th grade science at 85.3% — both more than 27 points above state averages. Mooreville High School has been the most improved, jumping from the 57th to the 82nd percentile over two years, with a 90.4% graduation rate and an 11.6-point gain in English II proficiency. Mooreville Elementary School, the largest of the three, shows strong early-grade foundations — including the single highest score in the entire dataset, 90.3% proficiency in 5th grade science — but it also posted sharp double-digit math declines across all grade levels this past year, which could jeopardize the middle school's current math advantage as those students move up.

The most striking concern is chronic absenteeism. Mooreville High School's rate is 50.2% — more than double the state average and 2.5 times the middle school's 19.9% — yet the school still outperforms state averages on every End-of-Course exam. Poverty is also a significant factor: exactly half of the district's 1,500 students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, led by the elementary school at 54.4%. Despite this, every single reported 2025–2026 test score from Mooreville schools is above both district and state averages. In short, this is a strong, cohesive school system, but the elementary math decline and the high school's absenteeism rate are the two issues most worth watching.