Mississippi City Rankings

Updated Tuesday, August 21, 2018, based on the 2017-18 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 207)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2018)	Rank (2017)	Rank change from 2017
1^st	Hernando	3	1	1	1	0	0.981	1
2^nd	Merigold	1	0	0	0	0	0.965	5	3
3^rd	French Camp	1	0	0	0	1	0.955	3
4^th	Saucier	2	0	0	0	0	0.953	8	4
5^th	Madison	5	2	3	2	3	0.95	4	1
6^th	New Site	0	0	1	0	0	0.936	10	4
7^th	Enterprise	1	1	1	0	0	0.914	15	8
8^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.907	6	2
9^th	Perkinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.901	2	7
10^th	Brandon	7	1	1	1	0	0.899	9	1
11^th	Long Beach	3	1	1	0	2	0.886	11
12^th	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.879	18	6
13^th	Olive Branch	8	3	4	0	2	0.873	7	6
14^th	Flowood	2	1	1	0	0	0.872	12	2
15^th	Vancleave	2	1	2	0	0	0.87	13	2
16^th	Biloxi	8	1	3	1	5	0.87	17	1
17^th	Ocean Springs	6	2	3	0	2	0.864	16	1
18^th	Union	1	1	1	0	1	0.855	25	7
19^th	Oxford	5	3	3	1	2	0.855	19
20^th	Pass Christian	3	1	1	0	0	0.847	24	4
21^st	Mathiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.842	22	1
22^nd	Sumrall	1	1	1	0	2	0.829	23	1
23^rd	Collinsville	0	1	1	0	0	0.826	27	4
24^th	New Albany	1	1	2	2	1	0.821	14	10
25^th	Petal	3	2	1	0	0	0.818	37	12
26^th	Iuka	1	1	1	0	0	0.795	73	47
27^th	Grenada	2	1	2	1	1	0.794	33	6
28^th	Carriere	2	1	1	1	0	0.786	38	10
29^th	Diberville	2	0	0	0	1	0.782	21	8
30^th	Decatur	1	0	1	2	1	0.777	32	2
31^st	Mooreville	1	1	1	0	0	0.771	41	10
32^nd	Redwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.767	31	1
33^rd	Tupelo	9	2	2	2	2	0.757	29	4
34^th	Pearl	3	1	1	0	2	0.751	28	6
35^th	Pontotoc	3	3	3	0	0	0.743	36	1
36^th	Pinola	1	0	0	0	0	0.742	20	16
37^th	Amory	2	1	3	1	1	0.738	43	6
38^th	Guntown	0	1	0	0	0	0.734	26	12
39^th	Sturgis	2	0	0	0	0	0.733		(n/a)
40^th	Booneville	2	1	2	4	0	0.728	58	18
41^st	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.724	49	8
42^nd	Gautier	3	2	1	0	0	0.723	52	10
43^rd	Poplarville	2	1	2	0	0	0.713	30	13
44^th	Moselle	1	0	0	0	0	0.71	46	2
45^th	Boyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.708	109	64
46^th	Southaven	6	2	3	0	4	0.705	40	6
47^th	Kiln	2	1	2	0	0	0.702	50	3
48^th	Bay St Louis	1	0	1	0	2	0.695	34	14
49^th	Sarah	1	0	1	0	0	0.684	79	30
50^th	Purvis	2	1	2	1	1	0.683	39	11
51^st	Wiggins	1	1	1	0	1	0.682	44	7
52^nd	Lake Cormorant	1	1	1	0	0	0.671	68	16
53^rd	Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0.671	55	2
54^th	Ripley	1	1	2	1	0	0.67	47	7
55^th	Saltillo	2	0	1	0	0	0.655	57	2
56^th	Gulfport	15	4	7	2	3	0.649	64	8
57^th	Houston	2	1	2	0	0	0.646	54	3
58^th	Pascagoula	7	2	2	1	3	0.643	48	10
59^th	Walnut	1	0	0	1	0	0.638	105	46
60^th	Tishomingo	1	0	1	1	0	0.636	83	23
61^st	Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0.636	59	2
62^nd	Florence	3	1	2	0	0	0.631	56	6
63^rd	Meadville	2	1	2	0	0	0.629	85	22
64^th	Golden	1	0	0	0	0	0.629	82	18
65^th	Lambert	1	0	0	0	0	0.626	139	74
66^th	Puckett	1	0	1	0	0	0.624	45	21
67^th	Sandhill	0	0	1	0	0	0.623	63	4
68^th	Ellisville	1	0	1	0	0	0.622	77	9
69^th	Camden	1	0	1	0	0	0.62	91	22
70^th	Vardaman	1	0	1	0	0	0.617	74	4
71^st	Fulton	2	0	2	1	0	0.615	53	18
72^nd	Glen	2	1	1	0	1	0.614	65	7
73^rd	Eupora	1	0	1	1	0	0.61	51	22
74^th	Foxworth	2	0	1	0	0	0.607	81	7
75^th	Louisville	2	1	2	1	2	0.606	69	6
76^th	Dundee	1	0	0	0	0	0.599	93	17
77^th	Ecru	1	1	1	0	0	0.597	87	10
78^th	Raymond	1	1	2	1	1	0.593	84	6
79^th	Walls	1	0	0	0	0	0.592	35	44
80^th	Leakesville	1	1	2	0	0	0.589	92	12
81^st	Potts Camp	2	0	1	0	0	0.586	100	19
82^nd	Batesville	3	1	1	0	1	0.585	86	4
83^rd	Mc Cool	1	0	0	0	0	0.582	107	24
84^th	Falkner	1	0	1	0	0	0.579	101	17
85^th	Bruce	2	0	1	0	0	0.578	67	18
86^th	Kosciusko	3	1	2	1	0	0.576	60	26
87^th	Bay Saint Louis	1	1	0	0	0	0.572	62	25
88^th	Bassfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.572	120	32
89^th	Senatobia	2	0	1	1	1	0.571	117	28
90^th	Lucedale	6	1	1	0	0	0.57	71	19
91^st	Lumberton	2	0	1	0	2	0.569	128	37
92^nd	Baldwyn	1	1	1	0	0	0.567	72	20
93^rd	Pelahatchie	1	0	1	0	0	0.566	97	4
94^th	Ackerman	1	0	2	0	0	0.563	66	28
95^th	Corinth	3	2	4	1	0	0.55	76	19
96^th	Nettleton	2	1	1	0	0	0.546	95	1
97^th	Ridgeland	2	1	1	0	2	0.542	80	17
98^th	Richland	2	0	1	0	0	0.541	61	37
99^th	Richton	2	0	1	0	0	0.541	70	29
100^th	Moss Point	4	2	3	1	1	0.541	90	10
101^st	Summit	2	1	1	0	1	0.54	78	23
102^nd	Ethel	0	0	1	0	0	0.528	122	20
103^rd	Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.518	75	28
104^th	Winona	1	0	2	0	1	0.517	42	62
105^th	Picayune	8	1	3	0	3	0.504	94	11
106^th	Bay Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.502	96	10
107^th	Terry	0	1	1	0	0	0.497	113	6
108^th	Hattiesburg	14	3	3	1	3	0.489	112	4
109^th	Buckatunna	1	0	0	0	0	0.483	108	1
110^th	Monticello	2	1	2	0	0	0.474	102	8
111^th	Seminary	1	1	1	0	1	0.47	89	22
112^th	Philadelphia	2	2	2	0	0	0.462	121	9
113^th	Ashland	1	1	2	0	0	0.459	152	39
114^th	Laurel	8	1	5	2	2	0.456	103	11
115^th	Osyka	1	0	0	0	0	0.455	138	23
116^th	Columbia	3	1	3	0	1	0.453	106	10
117^th	Avon	1	0	1	0	0	0.44	104	13
118^th	Newhebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.43	115	3
119^th	Meridian	10	6	5	3	5	0.429	110	9
120^th	Raleigh	1	0	2	1	0	0.423	98	22
121^st	Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0.423	127	6
122^nd	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.419	135	13
123^rd	Mc Lain	1	0	0	0	0	0.419	99	24
124^th	Calhoun City	1	1	2	0	1	0.416	116	8
125^th	Horn Lake	3	1	1	0	0	0.407	111	14
126^th	Lyon	1	0	0	0	0	0.406	141	15
127^th	Water Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.4	88	39
128^th	Mendenhall	1	1	2	0	0	0.39	118	10
129^th	Drew	1	1	0	0	1	0.387	160	31
130^th	Waynesboro	3	1	2	1	0	0.381	137	7
131^st	Forest	1	1	2	1	0	0.379	125	6
132^nd	Heidelberg	1	1	1	0	1	0.377	140	8
133^rd	Vicksburg	9	2	3	2	2	0.373	123	10
134^th	Canton	6	3	2	1	1	0.368	129	5
135^th	Columbus	7	2	5	1	1	0.36	150	15
136^th	Bentonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.359	148	12
137^th	Okolona	1	0	1	1	0	0.345	147	10
138^th	Walnut Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.342	159	21
139^th	Byhalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.342	130	9
140^th	Bolton	1	0	0	1	0	0.34	114	26
141^st	Newton	1	1	2	0	0	0.334	149	8
142^nd	Marks	0	1	2	0	1	0.333	164	22
143^rd	Sardis	1	0	1	0	0	0.332	171	28
144^th	Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	119	25
145^th	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.317	131	14
146^th	Sallis	1	0	1	0	0	0.316	153	7
147^th	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.304	192	45
148^th	Inverness	1	0	0	0	0	0.302	142	6
149^th	Coldwater	1	0	2	1	0	0.299	166	17
150^th	Tylertown	3	0	2	1	0	0.295	154	4
151^st	Friars Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.292	151
152^nd	Magee	1	1	1	1	1	0.291	163	11
153^rd	Jonestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.29	134	19
154^th	Quitman	2	1	2	1	0	0.276	143	11
155^th	Morton	1	1	1	0	0	0.268	133	22
156^th	Sunflower	1	0	0	0	0	0.265	188	32
157^th	North Carrollton	1	1	0	1	0	0.264	132	25
158^th	Hollandale	1	0	1	1	0	0.263	165	7
159^th	Robinsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.262	155	4
160^th	Scooba	1	0	0	0	0	0.257	124	36
161^st	Coffeeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.257	145	16
162^nd	Greenwood	6	2	4	1	1	0.255	170	8
163^rd	Shannon	2	1	1	0	0	0.253	156	7
164^th	Como	1	1	1	0	0	0.249	184	20
165^th	Woodville	1	0	2	0	0	0.247	183	18
166^th	Natchez	3	4	4	1	3	0.246	172	6
167^th	Tunica	1	1	2	1	1	0.244	186	19
168^th	Rolling Fork	1	0	2	0	1	0.243	136	32
169^th	Greenville	10	2	3	1	4	0.239	169
170^th	Cedarbluff	2	0	0	0	0	0.238		(n/a)
171^st	Carthage	1	1	2	0	0	0.23	167	4
172^nd	Jackson	41	17	9	4	14	0.223	175	3
173^rd	Kilmichael	1	0	1	0	0	0.223	180	7
174^th	Webb	0	0	1	0	0	0.22	146	28
175^th	Sumner	1	0	0	1	0	0.215	168	7
176^th	McComb	3	1	2	0	1	0.213	182	6
177^th	Holly Springs	4	2	3	1	2	0.2	173	4
178^th	Port Gibson	1	1	2	0	0	0.2	203	25
179^th	Flora	1	0	0	0	1	0.193	161	18
180^th	Plantersville	0	1	0	0	0	0.19	191	11
181^st	Collins	2	1	2	1	0	0.188	187	6
182^nd	Yazoo City	2	2	3	1	1	0.186	189	7
183^rd	Duncan	1	0	0	0	0	0.183	195	12
184^th	Durant	1	0	0	1	0	0.18	190	6
185^th	De Kalb	1	0	2	0	0	0.178	174	11
186^th	Leland	1	2	2	0	0	0.177	198	12
187^th	Clarksdale	6	2	4	1	3	0.174	185	2
188^th	Crenshaw	1	0	0	0	0	0.173	126	62
189^th	Centreville	1	1	0	0	1	0.169	197	8
190^th	Ruleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.148	199	9
191^st	Hazlehurst	1	1	1	0	0	0.147	181	10
192^nd	Itta Bena	1	0	1	0	0	0.146	194	2
193^rd	Anguilla	0	1	0	0	0	0.139	162	31
194^th	Indianola	2	0	2	2	0	0.134	202	8
195^th	Charleston	1	1	2	0	1	0.131	178	17
196^th	Moorhead	1	1	0	0	0	0.131	200	4
197^th	Crystal Springs	2	0	1	0	0	0.129	206	9
198^th	Shaw	1	0	1	0	0	0.125	204	6
199^th	Liberty	1	0	2	0	1	0.119	179	20
200^th	Mound Bayou	1	0	1	0	0	0.112	158	42
201^st	Macon	1	2	2	0	1	0.104	196	5
202^nd	Lexington	2	0	2	0	1	0.093	208	6
203^rd	Belzoni	2	1	2	0	1	0.065	209	6
204^th	Rosedale	1	1	2	0	0	0.065	201	3
205^th	Fayette	1	2	3	0	0	0.051	193	12
206^th	Prentiss	1	0	1	0	0	0.045	177	29
207^th	Shelby	0	1	1	0	0	0.044	207

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