Mississippi City Rankings

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Rank (of 201)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Hernando	3	1	1	1	2	0.967	2	1
2^nd	New Site	0	0	1	0	0	0.956	3	1
3^rd	Madison	5	2	3	1	4	0.953	4	1
4^th	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.929	30	26
5^th	Biloxi	8	2	3	1	5	0.912	11	6
6^th	Perkinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.907	9	3
7^th	Sumrall	1	1	1	0	2	0.903	12	5
8^th	Brandon	7	1	2	1	2	0.901	10	2
9^th	Flowood	2	1	1	0	0	0.9	14	5
10^th	Union	1	1	1	0	1	0.9	32	22
11^th	Saucier	2	0	0	0	0	0.9	6	5
12^th	Diberville	1	1	0	0	1	0.899	19	7
13^th	Ocean Springs	5	3	3	0	3	0.898	22	9
14^th	Merigold	1	0	0	0	0	0.897	5	9
15^th	Vancleave	2	1	2	0	0	0.89	16	1
16^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.876	1	15
17^th	Pass Christian	3	1	1	0	0	0.875	17
18^th	New Albany	1	1	2	2	1	0.861	15	3
19^th	Olive Branch	8	3	4	0	2	0.855	20	1
20^th	Petal	3	2	1	0	0	0.855	25	5
21^st	French Camp	1	0	0	0	1	0.852	8	13
22^nd	Long Beach	2	2	1	0	2	0.846	27	5
23^rd	Grenada	1	1	3	0	1	0.841	24	1
24^th	Collinsville	0	1	1	0	0	0.839	21	3
25^th	Bay St Louis	1	0	1	0	1	0.829	38	13
26^th	Maben	0	0	2	0	0	0.826	39	13
27^th	Kiln	2	1	2	0	0	0.823	18	9
28^th	Enterprise	1	1	1	0	0	0.816	7	21
29^th	Oxford	5	3	4	0	3	0.812	13	16
30^th	Moselle	1	0	0	0	0	0.81	67	37
31^st	Florence	3	1	2	0	1	0.806	46	15
32^nd	Mooreville	1	1	1	0	0	0.802	31	1
33^rd	Wiggins	1	1	1	0	1	0.784	37	4
34^th	Amory	2	1	3	1	1	0.783	45	11
35^th	Pontotoc	3	3	4	0	0	0.779	44	9
36^th	Decatur	1	0	1	2	1	0.766	35	1
37^th	Pearl	3	1	1	0	2	0.76	36	1
38^th	Lucedale	5	2	2	0	0	0.752	109	71
39^th	Tupelo	8	2	3	0	7	0.751	29	10
40^th	Redwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.746	40
41^st	Gautier	3	2	1	0	0	0.737	68	27
42^nd	Mc Cool	1	0	0	0	0	0.725	95	53
43^rd	Puckett	1	0	1	0	0	0.715	61	18
44^th	Mathiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.714	26	18
45^th	Glen	1	1	1	0	0	0.713	60	15
46^th	Saltillo	2	0	1	0	0	0.7	47	1
47^th	Carriere	1	1	2	0	0	0.697	43	4
48^th	Purvis	2	1	3	0	1	0.692	50	2
49^th	Poplarville	2	1	2	0	0	0.688	56	7
50^th	Bay Saint Louis	1	1	0	0	0	0.687	74	24
51^st	Foxworth	1	1	1	0	0	0.685	59	8
52^nd	Houston	2	1	3	0	0	0.673	58	6
53^rd	Ripley	1	1	2	1	0	0.669	55	2
54^th	Pascagoula	7	2	2	1	2	0.665	76	22
55^th	Eupora	1	0	2	0	1	0.664	65	10
56^th	Ecru	1	2	1	0	0	0.663	54	2
57^th	Lake Cormorant	1	1	1	0	1	0.66	41	16
58^th	Gulfport	13	4	6	1	3	0.656	71	13
59^th	Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0.656	70	11
60^th	Walnut	1	0	0	1	0	0.655	63	3
61^st	Guntown	0	1	0	0	0	0.645	52	9
62^nd	Raleigh	1	0	2	1	0	0.641	94	32
63^rd	Booneville	2	1	3	3	0	0.64	28	35
64^th	Sarah	1	0	1	0	0	0.639	90	26
65^th	Senatobia	1	1	1	1	1	0.636	87	22
66^th	Moss Point	4	2	3	1	0	0.631	91	25
67^th	Iuka	1	1	1	0	0	0.631	33	34
68^th	Ellisville	1	0	1	0	0	0.628	51	17
69^th	Richland	2	0	1	0	0	0.626	83	14
70^th	Osyka	1	0	0	0	0	0.622	80	10
71^st	Leakesville	1	1	2	0	0	0.617	69	2
72^nd	Southaven	6	2	3	0	3	0.611	62	10
73^rd	Corinth	3	2	5	0	1	0.609	72	1
74^th	Baldwyn	1	1	2	0	0	0.607	66	8
75^th	Seminary	1	1	1	0	1	0.6	85	10
76^th	Meadville	1	2	2	0	0	0.6	79	3
77^th	Ackerman	1	0	2	0	0	0.599	77
78^th	Pinola	1	0	0	0	0	0.598	34	44
79^th	Kosciusko	3	1	2	1	1	0.582	88	9
80^th	Philadelphia	2	1	2	0	0	0.577	114	34
81^st	Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.577	118	37
82^nd	Camden	1	0	1	0	0	0.57	124	42
83^rd	Hattiesburg	14	3	3	1	5	0.567	100	17
84^th	Sturgis	2	0	0	0	0	0.561	73	11
85^th	Pelahatchie	1	0	1	0	0	0.56	86	1
86^th	Picayune	6	1	3	0	5	0.559	93	7
87^th	Buckatunna	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	131	44
88^th	Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0.555	53	35
89^th	Laurel	8	1	5	2	2	0.551	103	14
90^th	Ridgeland	2	1	1	0	2	0.549	99	9
91^st	Louisville	2	1	2	1	2	0.539	78	13
92^nd	Richton	2	0	1	0	0	0.534	115	23
93^rd	Water Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.531	98	5
94^th	Nettleton	1	1	1	0	0	0.524	104	10
95^th	Ethel	0	0	1	0	0	0.522	120	25
96^th	Batesville	3	1	1	0	1	0.519	75	21
97^th	Lumberton	2	1	1	0	2	0.516	102	5
98^th	Vardaman	1	0	1	0	0	0.514	84	14
99^th	Golden	1	0	0	0	0	0.508	48	51
100^th	Fulton	2	0	2	1	0	0.49	64	36
101^st	Columbia	3	1	3	0	2	0.464	111	10
102^nd	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.458	49	53
103^rd	Avon	1	0	1	0	0	0.447	116	13
104^th	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.444	126	22
105^th	Raymond	1	1	2	1	1	0.443	106	1
106^th	Bruce	1	0	1	0	0	0.435	57	49
107^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	117	10
108^th	Bay Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.426	127	19
109^th	Terry	0	1	1	0	0	0.426	110	1
110^th	Tishomingo	1	0	2	0	0	0.422	101	9
111^th	Meridian	10	5	5	1	3	0.408	119	8
112^th	New Augusta	0	1	3	0	0	0.405	141	29
113^th	Winona	1	0	2	0	1	0.405	150	37
114^th	Monticello	2	1	2	0	0	0.402	113	1
115^th	Waynesboro	4	0	3	0	0	0.399	145	30
116^th	Bassfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.394	125	9
117^th	Canton	6	3	2	1	0	0.392	123	6
118^th	Vicksburg	9	2	4	0	2	0.39	121	3
119^th	Walls	1	0	0	0	0	0.389	108	11
120^th	Summit	3	1	2	0	1	0.388	96	24
121^st	Bolton	1	0	0	1	0	0.376	133	12
122^nd	Dundee	1	0	0	0	0	0.37	42	80
123^rd	Inverness	1	0	0	0	0	0.361	112	11
124^th	Bentonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.357	105	19
125^th	Horn Lake	3	1	1	0	0	0.357	138	13
126^th	Beaumont	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	89	37
127^th	Lambert	1	0	0	0	0	0.349	82	45
128^th	Columbus	7	2	6	2	3	0.347	129	1
129^th	Calhoun City	1	0	2	0	1	0.346	144	15
130^th	Forest	1	1	2	1	0	0.345	132	2
131^st	Heidelberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.342	122	9
132^nd	Flora	1	0	0	0	1	0.341	163	31
133^rd	Tylertown	2	1	2	1	0	0.341	148	15
134^th	Mendenhall	1	1	2	0	2	0.33	139	5
135^th	Shannon	2	1	1	0	0	0.329	142	7
136^th	Newton	1	1	2	0	0	0.327	128	8
137^th	Ashland	1	0	2	0	0	0.324	156	19
138^th	Lyon	1	0	0	0	0	0.317	172	34
139^th	Walnut Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.316	135	4
140^th	Okolona	1	1	2	0	0	0.31	130	10
141^st	Coldwater	2	0	3	0	0	0.31	160	19
142^nd	Byhalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.288	134	8
143^rd	Natchez	3	2	4	0	3	0.283	154	11
144^th	Sallis	1	0	1	0	0	0.276	176	32
145^th	Jonestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.27	195	50
146^th	Morton	1	1	1	0	0	0.264	175	29
147^th	Liberty	1	0	2	0	1	0.256	199	52
148^th	Prentiss	1	0	0	0	1	0.254	162	14
149^th	Collins	2	1	2	1	0	0.253	187	38
150^th	Quitman	2	1	3	0	0	0.253	149	1
151^st	Robinsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.243	186	35
152^nd	Holly Springs	3	2	3	1	2	0.243	167	15
153^rd	Marks	0	1	2	0	1	0.241	178	25
154^th	Newhebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.24	140	14
155^th	North Carrollton	1	0	1	0	0	0.239	158	3
156^th	Cleveland	4	1	3	0	2	0.233	185	29
157^th	Carthage	1	1	2	0	0	0.227	159	2
158^th	De Kalb	0	2	2	0	0	0.225	184	26
159^th	Crystal Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.223	202	43
160^th	Magee	1	1	1	1	1	0.209	170	10
161^st	Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0.201	164	3
162^nd	Cedarbluff	2	0	0	0	0	0.193	161	1
163^rd	Tunica	1	1	3	0	1	0.193	143	20
164^th	Aberdeen	1	1	2	0	0	0.189	155	9
165^th	Leland	1	1	2	0	0	0.177	180	15
166^th	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.177	197	31
167^th	Plantersville	0	1	0	0	0	0.175	200	33
168^th	Sunflower	1	0	0	0	0	0.167	147	21
169^th	Jackson	36	13	9	5	18	0.166	168	1
170^th	Friars Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.153	177	7
171^st	Indianola	1	2	2	1	1	0.146	194	23
172^nd	Hollandale	1	0	1	1	0	0.146	179	7
173^rd	Clarksdale	6	2	4	0	3	0.143	191	18
174^th	Rolling Fork	1	0	2	0	0	0.14	192	18
175^th	Moorhead	1	0	0	0	0	0.136	153	22
176^th	Itta Bena	1	0	1	1	0	0.136	181	5
177^th	Drew	1	1	0	0	1	0.133	136	41
178^th	Greenville	8	3	3	0	6	0.132	169	9
179^th	Ruleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.129	174	5
180^th	Greenwood	7	3	3	1	4	0.129	171	9
181^st	Hazlehurst	1	1	1	0	0	0.124	183	2
182^nd	Magnolia	1	2	3	0	0	0.119		(n/a)
183^rd	Fayette	1	2	2	1	0	0.117	203	20
184^th	Mound Bayou	1	0	0	0	0	0.108	165	19
185^th	Yazoo City	2	2	3	1	1	0.108	196	11
186^th	Coffeeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.1	146	40
187^th	Centreville	1	1	0	0	1	0.096	205	18
188^th	Duncan	1	0	0	0	0	0.087	209	21
189^th	Macon	1	2	2	0	0	0.086	207	18
190^th	Port Gibson	1	1	2	0	0	0.08	189	1
191^st	Shelby	0	0	1	0	0	0.071	204	13
192^nd	Webb	0	0	1	0	0	0.07	152	40
193^rd	Charleston	1	1	2	0	1	0.053	166	27
194^th	Anguilla	0	1	0	0	0	0.052	190	4
195^th	Lexington	2	1	2	0	1	0.037	210	15
196^th	Woodville	1	0	2	0	0	0.037	206	10
197^th	Belzoni	1	1	2	0	1	0.035	208	11
198^th	Durant	1	1	0	0	0	0.021	201	3
199^th	Sumner	1	0	1	0	0	0.019	188	11
200^th	Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	0.003	137	63
201^st	Sardis	1	0	1	0	0	0	182	19

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