Mississippi City Rankings

Updated Tuesday, August 23, 2016, based on the 2015-16 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 201)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2016)	Rank (2015)	Rank change from 2015
1^st	Merigold	1	0	0	0	0	0.967	3	2
2^nd	French Camp	1	0	0	0	1	0.957	1	1
3^rd	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.95	6	3
4^th	Hernando	2	2	1	1	1	0.946	2	2
5^th	Olive Branch	7	4	4	0	2	0.934	8	3
6^th	Collinsville	0	1	1	0	0	0.925	25	19
7^th	Perkinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.917	20	13
8^th	Long Beach	2	2	1	0	2	0.91	48	40
9^th	Flowood	2	1	1	0	0	0.908	14	5
10^th	Brandon	6	2	1	1	2	0.901	16	6
11^th	Mathiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.896	26	15
12^th	Madison	4	2	3	2	4	0.895	11	1
13^th	Pass Christian	3	1	1	0	0	0.878	13
14^th	Walls	1	0	0	0	1	0.874	55	41
15^th	Vancleave	2	1	2	0	0	0.872	30	15
16^th	Pinola	1	0	0	0	0	0.866	9	7
17^th	Oxford	5	3	3	3	2	0.866	29	12
18^th	Ocean Springs	4	4	3	0	3	0.863	36	18
19^th	Saucier	2	0	0	0	0	0.862	22	3
20^th	Diberville	1	1	0	0	1	0.859	4	16
21^st	New Site	0	0	1	0	0	0.853	10	11
22^nd	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.844	19	3
23^rd	Pontotoc	3	3	3	0	0	0.83	50	27
24^th	Enterprise	1	1	1	0	0	0.825	7	17
25^th	Guntown	0	1	0	0	0	0.821	5	20
26^th	Biloxi	7	1	3	1	5	0.818	21	5
27^th	Tupelo	9	1	2	3	3	0.813	15	12
28^th	New Albany	1	1	2	2	1	0.806	17	11
29^th	Sarah	1	0	1	0	0	0.795	112	83
30^th	Pearl	2	2	1	0	5	0.784	42	12
31^st	Bay St Louis	1	0	1	0	2	0.782	37	6
32^nd	Petal	3	2	1	0	0	0.757	45	13
33^rd	Eupora	1	0	1	1	0	0.753	47	14
34^th	Sandhill	0	0	1	0	0	0.752	33	1
35^th	Ackerman	1	0	2	0	0	0.745	44	9
36^th	Booneville	2	1	2	4	0	0.745	49	13
37^th	Southaven	6	2	3	0	3	0.743	41	4
38^th	Grenada	1	2	2	1	1	0.742	28	10
39^th	Puckett	1	0	1	0	0	0.741		(n/a)
40^th	Tishomingo	1	0	1	1	0	0.739	62	22
41^st	Decatur	1	0	1	2	1	0.736	43	2
42^nd	Union	1	1	1	0	1	0.734	27	15
43^rd	Sumrall	1	1	1	0	1	0.732	12	31
44^th	Kiln	2	1	2	0	0	0.727	63	19
45^th	Ripley	1	1	2	1	0	0.719	80	35
46^th	Glen	2	1	1	0	1	0.714	86	40
47^th	Lucedale	6	1	1	0	0	0.709	51	4
48^th	Carriere	2	1	1	1	0	0.707	60	12
49^th	Saltillo	2	0	1	0	0	0.705	34	15
50^th	Purvis	2	1	2	1	1	0.699	40	10
51^st	Lake Cormorant	1	1	1	0	0	0.69	35	16
52^nd	Amory	2	1	3	1	1	0.689	31	21
53^rd	Poplarville	2	1	2	0	0	0.689	57	4
54^th	Fulton	2	0	2	1	0	0.687	52	2
55^th	Mooreville	1	1	1	0	0	0.687	18	37
56^th	Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0.686	32	24
57^th	Florence	3	1	2	0	0	0.686	58	1
58^th	Ecru	1	1	1	0	0	0.681	54	4
59^th	Moselle	1	0	0	0	0	0.674	81	22
60^th	Kosciusko	2	2	2	1	2	0.673	39	21
61^st	Wiggins	1	1	1	0	1	0.672	76	15
62^nd	Richland	2	0	1	0	0	0.654	78	16
63^rd	Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0.654	56	7
64^th	Gautier	3	2	1	0	0	0.653	66	2
65^th	Corinth	3	2	4	1	2	0.644	74	9
66^th	Vardaman	1	0	1	0	0	0.639	85	19
67^th	Pascagoula	7	2	2	2	3	0.637	67
68^th	Senatobia	2	0	1	1	1	0.636	79	11
69^th	Summit	1	1	1	0	1	0.628	59	10
70^th	Iuka	1	1	1	0	0	0.624	65	5
71^st	Ridgeland	2	1	1	1	3	0.619	75	4
72^nd	Gulfport	14	4	6	4	4	0.618	53	19
73^rd	Raymond	1	1	2	1	2	0.615	72	1
74^th	Bruce	1	1	1	0	0	0.614	71	3
75^th	Baldwyn	1	1	1	0	0	0.609	69	6
76^th	Houston	2	1	1	1	0	0.588	97	21
77^th	Foxworth	1	1	1	0	0	0.587	96	19
78^th	Dundee	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	160	82
79^th	Raleigh	1	0	2	1	0	0.584	46	33
80^th	Potts Camp	1	1	1	0	0	0.581	111	31
81^st	Richton	2	0	1	0	0	0.577	95	14
82^nd	Louisville	2	1	2	1	2	0.574	88	6
83^rd	Bay Saint Louis	1	1	0	0	0	0.569	100	17
84^th	Seminary	1	1	0	1	1	0.569	131	47
85^th	Ellisville	1	0	1	1	0	0.566	91	6
86^th	Golden	1	0	0	0	0	0.56	64	22
87^th	Rienzi	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	23	64
88^th	Water Valley	1	0	1	0	1	0.555	101	13
89^th	Moss Point	4	2	3	1	0	0.552	82	7
90^th	Redwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.54	108	18
91^st	Mc Cool	1	0	0	0	0	0.533	146	55
92^nd	Monticello	2	1	2	0	0	0.531	70	22
93^rd	Boyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.53	114	21
94^th	Meadville	1	2	2	0	0	0.522	122	28
95^th	Nettleton	1	2	1	0	0	0.52	117	22
96^th	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	68	28
97^th	Picayune	8	1	3	0	2	0.512	102	5
98^th	Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.509	116	18
99^th	Pelahatchie	1	0	1	0	0	0.506	105	6
100^th	Leakesville	1	1	2	0	0	0.5	115	15
101^st	Ethel	0	0	1	0	0	0.494	98	3
102^nd	Walnut	1	0	0	1	0	0.49	134	32
103^rd	Horn Lake	3	1	1	0	0	0.49	106	3
104^th	Newhebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.488	103	1
105^th	Camden	1	0	1	0	0	0.487	152	47
106^th	Avon	1	0	1	0	0	0.478	139	33
107^th	Terry	0	1	1	0	0	0.471	110	3
108^th	Meridian	10	6	6	2	5	0.465	90	18
109^th	Hattiesburg	13	3	3	1	3	0.465	89	20
110^th	Winona	1	0	2	0	1	0.465	61	49
111^th	Mc Lain	1	0	0	0	0	0.462	107	4
112^th	Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0.46	94	18
113^th	Columbia	2	2	3	0	1	0.458	104	9
114^th	Batesville	2	2	1	0	1	0.457	109	5
115^th	Calhoun City	1	1	2	0	1	0.456	126	11
116^th	Buckatunna	1	0	0	0	0	0.456	124	8
117^th	Falkner	1	0	1	0	0	0.45	133	16
118^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.434	136	18
119^th	Laurel	8	1	5	2	2	0.427	119
120^th	Robinsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.427	208	88
121^st	Waynesboro	3	1	2	1	1	0.417	127	6
122^nd	Lumberton	2	0	1	0	2	0.415	123	1
123^rd	Crenshaw	1	0	0	0	0	0.396	130	7
124^th	Forest	1	1	2	1	0	0.396	170	46
125^th	Mendenhall	1	1	2	0	0	0.394	87	38
126^th	Vicksburg	9	2	3	1	4	0.378	137	11
127^th	Canton	6	3	2	1	2	0.377	142	15
128^th	Lyon	1	0	0	0	0	0.376	73	55
129^th	Philadelphia	2	2	2	0	0	0.376	129
130^th	Bay Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.353	121	9
131^st	Sumner	1	0	0	1	0	0.351	120	11
132^nd	Quitman	2	1	2	1	0	0.339	156	24
133^rd	Bentonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.338	167	34
134^th	Bolton	1	0	0	1	0	0.337	190	56
135^th	Morton	1	1	1	0	1	0.331	188	53
136^th	Byhalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.325	162	26
137^th	North Carrollton	1	1	1	0	0	0.314	125	12
138^th	Bassfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.313	128	10
139^th	Friars Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.311	92	47
140^th	Charleston	1	1	2	0	1	0.306	173	33
141^st	Okolona	1	0	1	1	0	0.301	132	9
142^nd	Sallis	1	0	1	0	0	0.3	149	7
143^rd	Aberdeen	2	1	2	0	0	0.296	174	31
144^th	Scooba	1	0	0	0	0	0.293	191	47
145^th	Columbus	7	2	5	1	2	0.292	157	12
146^th	Magnolia	1	2	3	0	0	0.29	194	48
147^th	Shannon	2	1	1	0	0	0.288	99	48
148^th	Webb	0	0	1	0	0	0.286	148
149^th	Jonestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.275	138	11
150^th	Beaumont	1	0	0	0	0	0.271	187	37
151^st	Ashland	1	1	1	1	0	0.269	161	10
152^nd	New Augusta	1	0	2	1	0	0.267	178	26
153^rd	Coffeeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.259	135	18
154^th	Rolling Fork	1	0	2	0	1	0.255	145	9
155^th	Anguilla	0	1	0	0	0	0.252	153	2
156^th	Collins	2	1	2	1	1	0.25	183	27
157^th	Hollandale	1	0	1	1	0	0.25	143	14
158^th	Newton	1	1	2	0	0	0.247	172	14
159^th	Como	1	1	1	0	0	0.247	141	18
160^th	Tylertown	2	0	2	2	0	0.242	189	29
161^st	Cleveland	4	2	3	1	2	0.232	168	7
162^nd	Greenwood	7	1	4	1	1	0.227	181	19
163^rd	Heidelberg	1	1	1	0	1	0.224	77	86
164^th	Natchez	3	4	3	2	3	0.224		(n/a)
165^th	Jackson	40	14	8	6	20	0.22	166	1
166^th	Liberty	1	0	2	0	1	0.219	144	22
167^th	Tunica	1	1	2	1	1	0.218	202	35
168^th	Kilmichael	1	0	1	0	0	0.216	113	55
169^th	Walnut Grove	1	0	1	0	1	0.214	201	32
170^th	Greenville	10	2	3	1	4	0.214	140	30
171^st	Sardis	1	0	1	0	0	0.21	158	13
172^nd	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.21	84	88
173^rd	Coldwater	1	0	2	1	0	0.209	169	4
174^th	De Kalb	1	0	2	0	1	0.205	185	11
175^th	Marks	0	1	2	0	0	0.196	150	25
176^th	Magee	1	1	1	1	1	0.194	151	25
177^th	Holly Springs	3	3	3	1	2	0.193	171	6
178^th	Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	0.189	209	31
179^th	Carthage	1	1	2	0	1	0.181	184	5
180^th	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.169		(n/a)
181^st	Woodville	1	0	2	0	0	0.169	165	16
182^nd	McComb	2	2	2	0	3	0.169	175	7
183^rd	Itta Bena	1	0	1	0	0	0.158	198	15
184^th	Prentiss	1	0	0	1	1	0.155	164	20
185^th	Flora	1	0	0	0	1	0.146	163	22
186^th	Macon	1	2	2	0	1	0.13	159	27
187^th	Brooksville	1	0	0	0	0	0.129	154	33
188^th	Yazoo City	2	2	3	1	2	0.126	192	4
189^th	Fayette	1	2	3	0	0	0.123	200	11
190^th	Osyka	1	0	0	0	0	0.121	177	13
191^st	Durant	1	0	0	1	0	0.121	204	13
192^nd	Hazlehurst	1	0	1	0	0	0.121	210	18
193^rd	Clarksdale	6	2	4	1	3	0.119	176	17
194^th	Lambert	1	0	0	0	0	0.114	93	101
195^th	Leland	1	1	2	0	0	0.106	182	13
196^th	Port Gibson	1	1	2	0	1	0.095	179	17
197^th	Centreville	1	1	0	0	1	0.079	180	17
198^th	Crystal Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.077	199	1
199^th	Plantersville	0	1	0	0	0	0.061	207	8
200^th	Lexington	2	0	2	0	1	0.037		(n/a)
201^st	Belzoni	2	1	2	0	1	0.034	196	5

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Mississippi Department of Educatiob.
These rankings were last updated on August 23, 2016, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Mississippi Department of Educatiob, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Mississippi Department of Educatiob.
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