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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	Hernando	3	2	1	1	2	0.954	3	2
2^nd	Vancleave	2	1	2	0	0	0.953	10	8
3^rd	Madison	5	2	3	2	4	0.952	1	2
4^th	New Site	0	0	1	0	0	0.942	9	5
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	25	19
7^th	Saucier	2	0	0	0	1	0.915	2	5
8^th	French Camp	1	0	0	0	2	0.91	13	5
9^th	Ocean Springs	5	3	3	0	5	0.898	15	6
10^th	Enterprise	1	1	1	0	0	0.89	6	4
11^th	Mc Cool	1	0	0	0	0	0.889	7	4
12^th	Kiln	2	1	2	0	0	0.888	14	2
13^th	Collinsville	0	1	1	0	0	0.885	11	2
14^th	Oxford	5	3	3	0	4	0.884	26	12
15^th	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.871	8	7
16^th	Pass Christian	3	1	1	0	0	0.867	12	4
17^th	Poplarville	2	1	2	0	0	0.866	29	12
18^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.854	20	2
19^th	Moselle	1	0	0	0	0	0.844	51	32
20^th	Biloxi	9	2	3	0	5	0.836	24	4
21^st	Grenada	1	1	3	0	1	0.831	27	6
22^nd	Sumrall	1	1	1	0	3	0.823	5	17
23^rd	New Albany	1	1	2	2	1	0.823	21	2
24^th	Perkinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.822	18	6
25^th	Decatur	1	0	1	2	1	0.82	31	6
26^th	Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.797	47	21
27^th	Mooreville	1	1	1	0	0	0.796	22	5
28^th	Bay Saint Louis	1	1	0	0	0	0.795	44	16
29^th	Diberville	1	1	0	0	1	0.795	17	12
30^th	Carriere	1	1	2	0	0	0.789	55	25
31^st	Brandon	7	1	2	1	2	0.789	35	4
32^nd	Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0.788	23	9
33^rd	Florence	3	1	2	0	1	0.782	19	14
34^th	Flowood	2	1	1	0	3	0.764	16	18
35^th	Wiggins	1	1	2	0	1	0.754	28	7
36^th	Seminary	1	1	1	0	1	0.746	37	1
37^th	Union	1	1	1	0	1	0.743	30	7
38^th	Ethel	0	0	1	0	0	0.721	40	2
39^th	Olive Branch	9	2	4	0	3	0.72	34	5
40^th	Maben	0	0	2	0	0	0.719	56	16
41^st	Ecru	1	2	1	0	0	0.714	41
42^nd	Mathiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.7	32	10
43^rd	Ellisville	1	0	1	1	1	0.699	49	6
44^th	Lucedale	6	1	2	0	1	0.69	64	20
45^th	Pontotoc	3	3	4	0	1	0.685	46	1
46^th	Purvis	2	1	2	1	2	0.684	59	13
47^th	Merigold	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	50	3
48^th	Glen	1	1	1	0	0	0.682	57	9
49^th	Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0.673	78	29
50^th	Booneville	2	1	3	3	0	0.673	48	2
51^st	Boyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.671	43	8
52^nd	Leakesville	1	1	2	0	0	0.67	80	28
53^rd	Petal	3	2	1	0	2	0.667	33	20
54^th	Golden	1	0	0	0	0	0.666	53	1
55^th	Sturgis	2	0	0	0	0	0.663	98	43
56^th	Puckett	1	0	1	0	0	0.66	36	20
57^th	Fulton	2	0	2	1	0	0.652	63	6
58^th	Walnut	1	0	0	1	0	0.642	79	21
59^th	Amory	2	1	3	1	1	0.641	42	17
60^th	Ripley	1	1	2	1	0	0.638	45	15
61^st	Gulfport	14	4	6	2	4	0.632	58	3
62^nd	Gautier	3	2	1	0	0	0.629	88	26
63^rd	Moss Point	4	2	3	1	0	0.619	69	6
64^th	Foxworth	1	1	1	0	1	0.618	95	31
65^th	Eupora	1	0	2	0	1	0.611	81	16
66^th	Picayune	6	1	3	0	6	0.606	86	20
67^th	Hattiesburg	13	3	3	1	8	0.606	68	1
68^th	Pascagoula	7	2	2	2	3	0.606	61	7
69^th	Senatobia	1	1	1	1	1	0.604	90	21
70^th	Ackerman	1	0	2	0	0	0.589	38	32
71^st	Pearl	3	1	1	0	3	0.588	54	17
72^nd	Osyka	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	39	33
73^rd	Houston	2	1	3	0	0	0.578	74	1
74^th	Philadelphia	4	1	3	0	0	0.576	87	13
75^th	Tishomingo	1	0	2	0	0	0.573	76	1
76^th	Guntown	0	1	0	0	0	0.573	52	24
77^th	Mc Adams	0	0	1	0	0	0.566	108	31
78^th	Corinth	3	2	5	0	2	0.559	67	11
79^th	Kosciusko	3	1	2	1	2	0.55	77	2
80^th	Saltillo	2	0	1	0	0	0.541	85	5
81^st	Iuka	1	1	1	0	0	0.532	70	11
82^nd	Duncan	1	0	0	0	0	0.531	101	19
83^rd	New Augusta	0	1	3	0	0	0.521	100	17
84^th	Cedarbluff	2	0	0	0	0	0.52	117	33
85^th	Batesville	4	1	1	0	1	0.52	96	11
86^th	Columbia	3	2	3	0	2	0.519	105	19
87^th	Ridgeland	2	1	1	0	5	0.518	94	7
88^th	Tupelo	8	2	3	1	7	0.516	75	13
89^th	Nettleton	2	1	1	0	0	0.513	131	42
90^th	Summit	2	2	2	0	1	0.511	107	17
91^st	Redwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.501	65	26
92^nd	Richton	2	0	1	0	0	0.488	104	12
93^rd	Canton	7	3	2	1	1	0.487	97	4
94^th	Bruce	1	0	1	0	0	0.478	72	22
95^th	Laurel	7	2	5	1	3	0.471	92	3
96^th	Lake Cormorant	1	1	1	0	1	0.469	102	6
97^th	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.466	82	15
98^th	Meridian	9	4	5	1	5	0.466	106	8
99^th	Pelahatchie	1	0	1	0	0	0.463	111	12
100^th	Richland	2	0	1	0	0	0.461	62	38
101^st	Flora	1	0	0	0	1	0.459	119	18
102^nd	Byram	2	0	0	0	3	0.454	93	9
103^rd	Southaven	6	2	2	0	3	0.453	91	12
104^th	Raleigh	1	0	2	1	0	0.453	60	44
105^th	Baldwyn	1	0	2	0	0	0.445	128	23
106^th	Lambert	1	0	0	0	0	0.44	89	17
107^th	Drew	1	1	0	0	1	0.437	120	13
108^th	Buckatunna	1	0	0	0	0	0.432	113	5
109^th	Vicksburg	9	2	3	0	6	0.424	129	20
110^th	Tylertown	2	1	2	1	1	0.421	116	6
111^th	Camden	1	0	1	0	0	0.415	66	45
112^th	Mound Bayou	1	0	0	0	0	0.411	115	3
113^th	Tunica	1	1	3	0	1	0.409	138	25
114^th	Calhoun City	1	0	2	0	1	0.405	146	32
115^th	Monticello	2	1	2	0	0	0.402	127	12
116^th	Pinola	1	0	0	0	0	0.401	84	32
117^th	Terry	0	1	1	0	0	0.393	122	5
118^th	Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0.393	177	59
119^th	Louisville	2	1	2	1	2	0.392	99	20
120^th	Liberty	1	1	2	0	1	0.386	145	25
121^st	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.371	114	7
122^nd	Heidelberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.371	130	8
123^rd	Sallis	1	0	0	0	0	0.369	125	2
124^th	Water Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.369	124
125^th	Newhebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.363	132	7
126^th	Coffeeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.36	71	55
127^th	Bassfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.35		(n/a)
128^th	Robinsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.347	136	8
129^th	Byhalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.344	164	35
130^th	Leland	1	1	2	0	0	0.343	152	22
131^st	Meadville	1	2	2	0	0	0.337	110	21
132^nd	Bay Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.335	103	29
133^rd	Bentonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	123	10
134^th	Waynesboro	4	0	3	0	0	0.33	133	1
135^th	Lumberton	2	0	1	0	2	0.33	83	52
136^th	Jonestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.329	182	46
137^th	Hazlehurst	1	1	1	0	0	0.326	173	36
138^th	Greenville	7	3	3	0	10	0.325	158	20
139^th	Anguilla	0	1	0	0	0	0.323	156	17
140^th	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0	0.321	179	39
141^st	Holly Springs	3	2	4	1	2	0.321	153	12
142^nd	Potts Camp	1	0	1	0	0	0.319	135	7
143^rd	Sardis	1	0	1	0	0	0.317	190	47
144^th	Forest	1	1	2	1	0	0.315	148	4
145^th	Quitman	2	1	2	1	0	0.311	149	4
146^th	Mc Lain	1	0	0	0	0	0.309		(n/a)
147^th	Prentiss	1	1	0	0	2	0.299	188	41
148^th	Aberdeen	1	1	2	0	0	0.293	159	11
149^th	Fayette	1	1	2	1	0	0.28	168	19
150^th	Horn Lake	3	1	2	0	0	0.28	151	1
151^st	Avon	1	0	1	0	0	0.279	121	30
152^nd	McComb	2	2	3	0	2	0.278	169	17
153^rd	Crystal Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.272	163	10
154^th	Okolona	1	1	2	0	0	0.271	150	4
155^th	Friars Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.271	154	1
156^th	Bolton	1	0	0	0	0	0.268	161	5
157^th	Durant	1	1	0	0	0	0.267	155	2
158^th	Sarah	1	0	1	0	0	0.265	118	40
159^th	Moorhead	1	0	0	0	0	0.257	202	43
160^th	Collins	2	0	2	1	0	0.254	143	17
161^st	Walnut Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.254	141	20
162^nd	Newton	1	1	2	0	0	0.252	170	8
163^rd	Walls	1	0	0	0	1	0.249	176	13
164^th	Hollandale	1	1	1	1	0	0.246	160	4
165^th	Natchez	3	2	4	0	5	0.245		(n/a)
166^th	Winona	1	0	2	0	1	0.244	142	24
167^th	Beaumont	1	0	0	0	0	0.241	172	5
168^th	Columbus	7	2	6	2	3	0.236	137	31
169^th	Charleston	1	1	2	0	1	0.223	196	27
170^th	Shannon	2	1	1	0	0	0.214	165	5
171^st	Coldwater	2	0	2	0	0	0.21	126	45
172^nd	Lyon	1	0	0	0	0	0.207	139	33
173^rd	Shelby	0	0	1	0	0	0.201	157	16
174^th	Itta Bena	1	0	1	1	0	0.199	198	24
175^th	Ashland	1	0	2	0	0	0.197	166	9
176^th	Jackson	26	10	7	5	23	0.196	178	2
177^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.196	109	68
178^th	Ruleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.195	167	11
179^th	Morton	1	1	1	0	0	0.18	147	32
180^th	Magee	1	1	1	1	1	0.179	185	5
181^st	De Kalb	1	1	2	0	1	0.176	171	10
182^nd	Cleveland	4	1	3	0	2	0.17	180	2
183^rd	Marks	0	1	2	0	2	0.17	112	71
184^th	Macon	1	2	2	0	1	0.158	194	10
185^th	Mendenhall	1	0	2	0	2	0.156	162	23
186^th	Webb	0	0	2	0	0	0.154	189	3
187^th	Carthage	3	1	2	0	1	0.152	184	3
188^th	Lexington	2	1	2	0	1	0.137	181	7
189^th	Shaw	1	0	1	0	0	0.134	174	15
190^th	Magnolia	1	2	3	0	0	0.123	183	7
191^st	Rolling Fork	1	0	2	0	1	0.103	203	12
192^nd	Clarksdale	4	3	3	1	3	0.092	193	1
193^rd	Greenwood	7	3	3	1	4	0.086	195	2
194^th	North Carrollton	1	0	1	0	0	0.08	187	7
195^th	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.077	199	4
196^th	Port Gibson	1	1	2	0	0	0.076	175	21
197^th	Plantersville	0	1	0	0	0	0.069	186	11
198^th	Rosedale	1	0	2	0	0	0.066	197	1
199^th	Belzoni	1	1	2	0	1	0.065	200	1
200^th	Woodville	1	0	2	0	0	0.016	204	4

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