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Best Public Schools in New Augusta, MS

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At a glance

Schools

440

Students

Top rankedPerry Central Middle School112^th of 260 Mississippi middle schools

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Biggest riser

Perry Central High School up 45 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The city of New Augusta, Mississippi is served by two public schools in the Perry County School District — Perry Central High School (grades 9–12, 262 students) and Perry Central Middle School (grades 6–8, 178 students) — and the district ranks 78th out of 134 Mississippi districts, with both schools serving predominantly low-income families as 81–82% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Perry Central Middle School is the clear academic standout, earning a 3-star rating in both 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, ranking in the 57th percentile or better, and improving from a 33rd-percentile ranking in 2023-2024 to a 66th-percentile ranking in 2024-2025. The middle school excels in math and science: 7th-grade math proficiency reached 71.2% (13.5 points above the state) and 8th-grade science proficiency was 67.3% (9.5 points above the state). English Language Arts is more mixed, with 7th-grade ELA slightly above the state but 6th and 8th grade below. Perry Central High School is the most improved school, jumping from the 29th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 47th percentile in 2025-2026. Algebra I proficiency (67.2%) now slightly exceeds the state average, and English II improved dramatically from 35.5% to 47.5%, nearly closing the state gap. However, Biology proficiency remains stuck near 47% versus a 62–63% state average.

Chronic absenteeism is a major dividing line between the two schools: 27.5% of high school students are chronically absent, worse than the state average of 23.9%, while the middle school's rate of 20.1% is better than both district and state. The high school's graduation rate of 78.8% is more than 10 points below the state rate of 89.2%. Both schools have similar poverty rates and low student-teacher ratios (12.8 high school, 11.2 middle school), yet the middle school outperforms the high school on multiple metrics, suggesting the challenges are not purely poverty-driven. The middle school's strong math and science gains have not yet translated into high school science success, making Biology a priority area for district alignment.

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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 6th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th 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 8th Grade	MAAP Biology End of Course	Total
Perry Central Middle School	Public	6-8	100 8th Ave. South	New Augusta	39462	Perry County	Perry County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 964-3226	178	16	11.2	82.0%	109 (61.2%)	41 (23.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (14.6%)	55.8	112^th of 260 public middle schools	56.9%		65.4	91^st of 266 public middle schools	65.8%	21	37.5	38.4	32.7	43.7	71.2	48.1			67.3		$13,057
Perry County Alternative Center	Public, Alternative	2-12	9899 Hwy 98 East	New Augusta	39462	Perry County	Perry County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 964-3235	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Perry Central High School	Public	9-12	9899 Hwy 98 East	New Augusta	39462	Perry County	Perry County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 964-3235	262	20	12.8	81.3%	142 (54.2%)	59 (22.5%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (21.4%)	46.4	118^th of 224 public high schools	47.3%		27.5	163^rd of 232 public high schools	29.7%	45							67.2	47.5		47.2	$18,721
Perry County Vocational Complex	Public	8-12	9899 A Hwy 98 East	New Augusta	39462	Perry County	Perry County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 964-8282	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near New Augusta

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Petal	6.44 mi	6	53^rd
Richton	8.45 mi	3	92^nd
Hattiesburg	11.49 mi	21	67^th
Beaumont	12.34 mi	1	167^th
Brooklyn	16.88 mi	2	32^nd

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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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