Mississippi City Rankings

Rank (of 200)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Vancleave	2	1	2	0	0	0.954	12	11
2^nd	Madison	5	2	3	1	4	0.952	1	1
3^rd	Nesbit	0	0	1	0	1	0.946	2	1
4^th	New Site	0	0	1	0	0	0.942	11	7
5^th	Long Beach	2	2	1	0	2	0.93	4	1
6^th	Bay St Louis	1	0	1	0	4	0.917	27	21
7^th	Saucier	2	0	0	0	1	0.914	3	4
8^th	French Camp	1	0	0	0	2	0.91	15	7
9^th	Ocean Springs	5	3	3	0	5	0.898	17	8
10^th	Enterprise	1	1	1	0	0	0.89	7	3
11^th	Kiln	2	1	2	0	0	0.889	16	5
12^th	Mc Cool	1	0	0	0	0	0.889	8	4
13^th	Collinsville	0	1	1	0	0	0.885	13
14^th	Oxford	5	3	3	0	4	0.885	28	14
15^th	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.872	10	5
16^th	Pass Christian	3	1	1	0	0	0.867	14	2
17^th	Poplarville	2	1	2	0	0	0.867	31	14
18^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.855	22	4
19^th	Moselle	1	0	0	0	0	0.844	53	34
20^th	Sandhill	0	0	1	0	0	0.838	9	11
21^st	Biloxi	9	2	3	1	5	0.835	26	5
22^nd	Grenada	1	1	2	1	1	0.832	29	7
23^rd	New Albany	1	1	2	2	1	0.823	23
24^th	Sumrall	1	1	1	0	3	0.823	6	18
25^th	Perkinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.822	21	4
26^th	Decatur	1	0	2	1	1	0.821	33	7
27^th	Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.798	48	21
28^th	Mooreville	1	1	1	0	0	0.796	24	4
29^th	Diberville	1	1	0	0	1	0.795	19	10
30^th	Bay Saint Louis	1	1	0	0	0	0.794	46	16
31^st	Carriere	1	1	1	1	0	0.789	57	26
32^nd	Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0.788	25	7
33^rd	Florence	3	1	2	0	1	0.783	20	13
34^th	Brandon	7	1	1	1	2	0.778	44	10
35^th	Flowood	2	1	1	0	3	0.763	18	17
36^th	Wiggins	1	1	2	0	1	0.754	30	6
37^th	Seminary	1	1	1	0	1	0.747	38	1
38^th	Union	1	1	1	0	1	0.743	32	6
39^th	Ethel	0	0	1	0	0	0.723	40	1
40^th	Maben	0	0	2	0	0	0.72	58	18
41^st	Olive Branch	9	2	4	0	3	0.72	36	5
42^nd	Ecru	1	2	1	0	0	0.714	42
43^rd	Ellisville	1	0	1	0	1	0.7	51	8
44^th	Mathiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.698	34	10
45^th	Lucedale	6	1	1	1	1	0.689	67	22
46^th	Pontotoc	3	3	3	1	1	0.685	49	3
47^th	Purvis	2	1	2	1	2	0.684	61	14
48^th	Glen	1	1	1	0	0	0.682	60	12
49^th	Merigold	1	0	0	0	0	0.679	52	3
50^th	Booneville	2	1	2	4	0	0.673	50
51^st	Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0.673	81	30
52^nd	Leakesville	1	1	2	0	0	0.67	83	31
53^rd	Boyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.668	45	8
54^th	Petal	3	2	1	0	2	0.667	35	19
55^th	Golden	1	0	0	0	0	0.663	59	4
56^th	Puckett	1	0	1	0	0	0.661	37	19
57^th	Sturgis	2	0	0	0	0	0.66	101	44
58^th	Fulton	2	0	2	1	0	0.651	66	8
59^th	Walnut	1	0	0	1	0	0.643	82	23
60^th	Amory	2	1	2	2	1	0.642	43	17
61^st	Ripley	1	1	2	1	0	0.638	47	14
62^nd	Gulfport	14	4	5	3	4	0.632	63	1
63^rd	Gautier	3	2	1	0	0	0.628	90	27
64^th	Moss Point	4	2	3	1	0	0.62	72	8
65^th	Foxworth	1	1	1	0	1	0.619	55	10
66^th	Eupora	1	0	2	0	1	0.611	84	18
67^th	Hattiesburg	13	3	3	1	8	0.606	71	4
68^th	Picayune	6	1	2	1	6	0.606	89	21
69^th	Pascagoula	7	2	2	2	3	0.605	65	4
70^th	Senatobia	1	1	1	1	1	0.605	92	22
71^st	Ackerman	1	0	2	0	0	0.59	39	32
72^nd	Pearl	3	1	1	0	3	0.589	56	16
73^rd	Osyka	1	0	0	0	0	0.584	41	32
74^th	Houston	2	1	2	1	0	0.579	77	3
75^th	Guntown	0	1	0	0	0	0.578	54	21
76^th	Philadelphia	4	1	2	1	0	0.577	88	12
77^th	Tishomingo	1	0	1	1	0	0.574	78	1
78^th	Corinth	2	2	3	2	2	0.56	70	8
79^th	Kosciusko	3	1	2	1	2	0.551	80	1
80^th	Saltillo	2	0	1	0	0	0.54	87	7
81^st	Iuka	1	1	1	0	0	0.533	73	8
82^nd	Duncan	1	0	0	0	0	0.528	105	23
83^rd	New Augusta	0	1	2	1	0	0.524	102	19
84^th	Batesville	3	1	1	1	1	0.521	98	14
85^th	Columbia	3	2	3	1	2	0.52	107	22
86^th	Ridgeland	2	1	1	0	5	0.518	97	11
87^th	Cedarbluff	2	0	0	0	0	0.517	119	32
88^th	Tupelo	8	2	3	1	7	0.515	79	9
89^th	Nettleton	2	1	1	0	0	0.514	131	42
90^th	Summit	2	2	2	0	1	0.511	109	19
91^st	Sallis	1	0	1	0	0	0.501	115	24
92^nd	Redwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.499	69	23
93^rd	Richton	2	0	1	0	0	0.489	106	13
94^th	Canton	7	3	2	1	1	0.487	99	5
95^th	Bruce	1	0	1	0	0	0.479	75	20
96^th	Laurel	7	2	5	2	3	0.471	94	2
97^th	Lake Cormorant	1	1	1	0	1	0.471	103	6
98^th	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.466	85	13
99^th	Meridian	9	4	6	1	5	0.465	108	9
100^th	Pelahatchie	1	0	1	0	0	0.464	112	12
101^st	Richland	2	0	1	0	0	0.461	64	37
102^nd	Flora	1	0	0	0	1	0.456	122	20
103^rd	Raleigh	1	0	2	1	0	0.454	62	41
104^th	Southaven	6	2	2	0	3	0.453	93	11
105^th	Byram	2	0	0	0	3	0.451	96	9
106^th	Baldwyn	1	0	2	0	0	0.447	129	23
107^th	Drew	1	1	0	0	1	0.439	121	14
108^th	Lambert	1	0	0	0	0	0.438	91	17
109^th	Buckatunna	1	0	0	0	0	0.434	114	5
110^th	Vicksburg	9	2	3	0	6	0.424	130	20
111^th	Tylertown	2	1	2	1	1	0.422	118	7
112^th	Camden	1	0	1	0	0	0.414	68	44
113^th	Tunica	1	1	2	1	1	0.411	138	25
114^th	Mound Bayou	1	0	0	0	0	0.408	117	3
115^th	Calhoun City	1	0	2	0	1	0.406	146	31
116^th	Monticello	2	1	2	0	0	0.403	127	11
117^th	Pinola	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	86	31
118^th	Terry	0	1	1	0	0	0.396	124	6
119^th	Louisville	2	1	2	1	2	0.393	100	19
120^th	Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0.39	175	55
121^st	Liberty	1	1	2	0	1	0.387	145	24
122^nd	Heidelberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.373	132	10
123^rd	Water Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.37	126	3
124^th	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.369	116	8
125^th	Newhebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.366	133	8
126^th	Coffeeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.361	74	52
127^th	Bassfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.349		(n/a)
128^th	Byhalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.346	163	35
129^th	Robinsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.345	137	8
130^th	Leland	1	1	2	0	0	0.344	152	22
131^st	Meadville	1	1	2	0	0	0.339	111	20
132^nd	Bay Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.337	104	28
133^rd	Waynesboro	4	0	2	1	0	0.331	134	1
134^th	Anguilla	0	1	0	0	0	0.331	156	22
135^th	McComb	2	2	2	1	2	0.33	188	53
136^th	Lumberton	2	0	1	0	2	0.33	95	41
137^th	Bentonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.329	125	12
138^th	Hazlehurst	1	1	1	0	0	0.327	171	33
139^th	Jonestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.326	181	42
140^th	Greenville	7	2	3	1	10	0.324	161	21
141^st	Holly Springs	3	2	4	1	2	0.322	153	12
142^nd	Potts Camp	1	0	1	0	0	0.321	135	7
143^rd	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0	0.318	178	35
144^th	Sardis	1	0	1	0	0	0.317	190	46
145^th	Forest	1	1	2	1	0	0.315	148	3
146^th	Mc Lain	1	0	0	0	0	0.311		(n/a)
147^th	Quitman	2	1	2	1	0	0.311	149	2
148^th	Prentiss	1	1	0	0	2	0.301	187	39
149^th	Aberdeen	1	1	2	0	0	0.295	160	11
150^th	Horn Lake	3	1	2	0	0	0.282	150
151^st	Fayette	1	1	2	1	0	0.282	167	16
152^nd	Avon	1	0	1	0	0	0.279	123	29
153^rd	Okolona	1	1	2	0	0	0.273	151	2
154^th	Crystal Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.272	162	8
155^th	Bolton	1	0	0	0	0	0.271	159	4
156^th	Friars Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.268	155	1
157^th	Durant	1	1	0	0	0	0.266	154	3
158^th	Sarah	1	0	1	0	0	0.264	120	38
159^th	Moorhead	1	0	0	0	0	0.261	200	41
160^th	Collins	2	0	2	1	0	0.255	143	17
161^st	Walnut Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.255	141	20
162^nd	Newton	1	1	2	0	0	0.253	168	6
163^rd	Walls	1	0	0	0	1	0.247	174	11
164^th	Natchez	3	2	3	1	5	0.246		(n/a)
165^th	Winona	1	0	2	0	1	0.246	142	23
166^th	Beaumont	1	0	0	0	0	0.239	170	4
167^th	Columbus	7	3	6	2	3	0.236	136	31
168^th	Hollandale	1	0	1	1	0	0.228	158	10
169^th	Charleston	1	1	2	0	1	0.223	195	26
170^th	Shannon	2	1	1	0	0	0.215	164	6
171^st	Jackson	25	9	7	6	23	0.212	176	5
172^nd	Coldwater	2	0	2	0	0	0.21	128	44
173^rd	Shelby	0	0	1	0	0	0.205	157	16
174^th	Lyon	1	0	0	0	0	0.204	140	34
175^th	Itta Bena	1	0	1	0	0	0.201	197	22
176^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	110	66
177^th	Ashland	1	0	2	0	0	0.198	165	12
178^th	Ruleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.196	166	12
179^th	Magee	1	1	1	1	1	0.181	184	5
180^th	Morton	1	1	1	0	0	0.179	147	33
181^st	De Kalb	1	1	2	0	1	0.178	169	12
182^nd	Cleveland	4	1	2	1	2	0.171	179	3
183^rd	Marks	0	1	2	0	2	0.171	113	70
184^th	Macon	1	2	2	1	1	0.159	193	9
185^th	Mendenhall	1	0	2	0	2	0.156	177	8
186^th	Webb	0	0	1	1	0	0.155	189	3
187^th	Carthage	3	1	2	0	1	0.153	183	4
188^th	Lexington	2	1	2	0	1	0.137	180	8
189^th	Shaw	1	0	1	0	0	0.133	172	17
190^th	Magnolia	1	2	2	1	0	0.123	182	8
191^st	Rolling Fork	1	0	2	0	1	0.101	201	10
192^nd	Clarksdale	3	3	3	1	3	0.092		(n/a)
193^rd	Greenwood	7	2	3	1	4	0.087	194	1
194^th	North Carrollton	1	0	1	0	0	0.081	186	8
195^th	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.077	198	3
196^th	Port Gibson	1	1	2	0	0	0.077	173	23
197^th	Plantersville	0	1	0	0	0	0.072	185	12
198^th	Rosedale	1	0	2	0	0	0.066	196	2
199^th	Belzoni	1	1	2	0	1	0.065	199
200^th	Woodville	1	0	2	0	0	0.018	202	2

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