Best Cities in Mississippi for Schools

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Rank (of 204)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Madison	5	2	3	2	4	0.955	2	1
2^nd	Saucier	2	0	0	0	0	0.94	9	7
3^rd	Hernando	3	2	1	1	2	0.933	1	2
4^th	Long Beach	2	2	1	0	2	0.929	4
5^th	Sumrall	1	1	1	0	3	0.918	8	3
6^th	Enterprise	1	1	1	0	0	0.915	16	10
7^th	Mc Cool	1	0	0	0	0	0.914	10	3
8^th	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.893	7	1
9^th	New Site	0	0	1	0	0	0.892	3	6
10^th	Vancleave	2	1	2	0	0	0.881	6	4
11^th	Collinsville	0	1	1	0	0	0.88	17	6
12^th	Pass Christian	3	1	1	0	0	0.878	22	10
13^th	French Camp	1	0	0	0	1	0.859	5	8
14^th	Kiln	2	1	2	0	0	0.856	14
15^th	Ocean Springs	5	3	3	0	4	0.852	18	3
16^th	Flowood	2	1	1	0	1	0.837	19	3
17^th	Diberville	1	1	0	0	1	0.827	26	9
18^th	Perkinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.825	40	22
19^th	Florence	3	1	2	0	1	0.825	38	19
20^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.821	25	5
21^st	New Albany	1	1	2	2	1	0.817	31	10
22^nd	Mooreville	1	1	1	0	0	0.81	39	17
23^rd	Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0.809	29	6
24^th	Biloxi	9	2	3	1	5	0.808	21	3
25^th	Bay St Louis	1	0	1	0	4	0.806	15	10
26^th	Oxford	6	3	3	0	4	0.804	27	1
27^th	Grenada	1	1	3	0	1	0.802	24	3
28^th	Wiggins	1	1	2	0	1	0.797	23	5
29^th	Poplarville	2	1	2	0	0	0.794	33	4
30^th	Union	1	1	1	0	1	0.793	12	18
31^st	Decatur	1	0	1	2	1	0.779	30	1
32^nd	Mathiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.768	11	21
33^rd	Petal	3	2	1	0	1	0.757	28	5
34^th	Olive Branch	9	2	4	0	3	0.753	35	1
35^th	Brandon	7	1	2	1	3	0.752	20	15
36^th	Puckett	1	0	1	0	0	0.75	50	14
37^th	Seminary	1	1	1	0	1	0.737	57	20
38^th	Ackerman	1	0	2	0	0	0.734	79	41
39^th	Osyka	1	0	0	0	0	0.728	13	26
40^th	Ethel	0	0	1	0	0	0.726	45	5
41^st	Ecru	1	2	1	0	0	0.723	44	3
42^nd	Amory	2	1	3	1	1	0.72	42
43^rd	Boyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	36	7
44^th	Bay Saint Louis	1	1	0	0	0	0.707	37	7
45^th	Ripley	1	1	2	1	0	0.702	55	10
46^th	Pontotoc	3	3	4	0	1	0.696	54	8
47^th	Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.695	41	6
48^th	Booneville	2	1	3	3	0	0.69	61	13
49^th	Ellisville	1	0	1	1	1	0.687	49
50^th	Merigold	1	0	0	0	0	0.684	65	15
51^st	Moselle	1	0	0	0	0	0.671	46	5
52^nd	Guntown	0	1	0	0	0	0.654	58	6
53^rd	Golden	1	0	0	0	0	0.64	80	27
54^th	Pearl	3	1	1	0	2	0.64	74	20
55^th	Carriere	1	1	2	0	0	0.639	51	4
56^th	Maben	0	0	2	0	0	0.636	32	24
57^th	Glen	1	1	1	0	0	0.634	56	1
58^th	Gulfport	14	4	6	1	4	0.624	62	4
59^th	Purvis	2	1	2	1	1	0.623	43	16
60^th	Raleigh	1	0	2	1	0	0.623	63	3
61^st	Pascagoula	7	2	2	2	3	0.621	68	7
62^nd	Richland	2	0	1	0	0	0.621	73	11
63^rd	Fulton	2	0	2	1	0	0.62	48	15
64^th	Lucedale	5	2	2	0	0	0.615	59	5
65^th	Redwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.611	34	31
66^th	Camden	1	0	1	0	0	0.61	91	25
67^th	Corinth	3	2	5	0	2	0.609	77	10
68^th	Hattiesburg	13	3	3	1	8	0.607	66	2
69^th	Moss Point	4	2	3	1	0	0.605	72	3
70^th	Iuka	1	1	1	0	0	0.604	67	3
71^st	Coffeeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.603	125	54
72^nd	Bruce	1	0	1	0	0	0.595	89	17
73^rd	Brookhaven	2	2	3	4	3	0.595		(n/a)
74^th	Houston	2	1	3	0	0	0.595	76	2
75^th	Tupelo	9	2	3	1	7	0.585	75
76^th	Tishomingo	1	0	2	0	0	0.584	92	16
77^th	Kosciusko	3	1	2	1	1	0.579	90	13
78^th	Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	64	14
79^th	Walnut	1	0	0	1	0	0.574	70	9
80^th	Leakesville	1	1	2	0	0	0.573	47	33
81^st	Eupora	1	0	2	0	1	0.561	52	29
82^nd	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.554	134	52
83^rd	Lumberton	2	0	1	0	2	0.546	94	11
84^th	Pinola	1	0	0	0	0	0.525	96	12
85^th	Saltillo	2	0	1	0	0	0.525	93	8
86^th	Picayune	8	1	3	0	5	0.524	86
87^th	Philadelphia	4	1	2	0	0	0.522	85	2
88^th	Gautier	3	2	1	0	0	0.521	60	28
89^th	Lambert	1	0	0	0	0	0.52	78	11
90^th	Senatobia	1	1	1	1	1	0.516	97	7
91^st	Southaven	6	2	3	0	3	0.513	87	4
92^nd	Laurel	7	2	5	1	3	0.507	98	6
93^rd	Byram	2	0	0	0	2	0.501	122	29
94^th	Ridgeland	2	1	1	0	4	0.499	108	14
95^th	Foxworth	1	1	1	0	1	0.497	102	7
96^th	Batesville	3	1	1	0	1	0.496	88	8
97^th	Canton	7	3	2	2	1	0.488	112	15
98^th	Sturgis	2	0	0	0	0	0.483	121	23
99^th	Louisville	2	1	2	1	2	0.479	82	17
100^th	New Augusta	0	1	3	0	0	0.478	144	44
101^st	Duncan	1	0	0	0	0	0.475	101
102^nd	Lake Cormorant	1	1	1	0	1	0.475	69	33
103^rd	Bay Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.474	127	24
104^th	Richton	2	0	1	0	0	0.468	71	33
105^th	Columbia	3	1	3	0	2	0.461	107	2
106^th	Meridian	10	4	6	1	4	0.454	109	3
107^th	Summit	2	2	2	0	1	0.454	100	7
108^th	Mc Adams	0	0	1	0	0	0.447		(n/a)
109^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.441	110	1
110^th	Meadville	1	2	2	0	0	0.438	132	22
111^th	Pelahatchie	1	0	1	0	0	0.435	115	4
112^th	Marks	0	1	2	0	1	0.432	141	29
113^th	Buckatunna	1	0	0	0	0	0.431	114	1
114^th	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.431	53	61
115^th	Mound Bayou	1	0	0	0	0	0.428	157	42
116^th	Tylertown	2	1	2	1	0	0.42	117	1
117^th	Cedarbluff	2	0	0	0	0	0.415	99	18
118^th	Sarah	1	0	1	0	0	0.411	118
119^th	Flora	1	0	0	0	1	0.41	81	38
120^th	Drew	1	1	0	0	1	0.407	106	14
121^st	Avon	1	0	1	0	0	0.407	162	41
122^nd	Terry	0	1	1	0	0	0.402	136	14
123^rd	Bentonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.402	137	14
124^th	Water Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.396	116	8
125^th	Sallis	1	0	0	0	0	0.394	83	42
126^th	Coldwater	2	0	2	0	0	0.385	135	9
127^th	Monticello	2	1	2	0	0	0.385	123	4
128^th	Baldwyn	1	0	2	0	0	0.382	119	9
129^th	Vicksburg	9	2	4	0	5	0.38	124	5
130^th	Heidelberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.376	113	17
131^st	Nettleton	1	2	1	0	0	0.374		(n/a)
132^nd	Newhebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	154	22
133^rd	Waynesboro	4	0	3	0	0	0.362	133
134^th	Dundee	1	0	0	0	0	0.355	84	50
135^th	Potts Camp	1	0	1	0	0	0.346	120	15
136^th	Robinsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.334	105	31
137^th	Columbus	7	2	6	2	3	0.334	131	6
138^th	Tunica	1	1	3	0	1	0.332	130	8
139^th	Lyon	1	0	0	0	0	0.326	175	36
140^th	Indianola	1	2	2	1	2	0.325	146	6
141^st	Walnut Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.318	150	9
142^nd	Winona	1	0	2	0	1	0.315	126	16
143^rd	Collins	2	0	2	1	0	0.312	139	4
144^th	Raymond	1	0	3	1	1	0.31	103	41
145^th	Liberty	1	1	2	0	1	0.31	104	41
146^th	Calhoun City	1	0	2	0	1	0.306	143	3
147^th	Morton	1	1	1	0	0	0.302	187	40
148^th	Forest	1	1	2	1	0	0.287	148
149^th	Quitman	2	1	2	1	0	0.286	140	9
150^th	Okolona	1	1	2	0	0	0.282	147	3
151^st	Horn Lake	3	1	1	0	0	0.281	152	1
152^nd	Leland	1	1	2	0	0	0.281	151	1
153^rd	Holly Springs	3	2	4	1	2	0.277	165	12
154^th	Friars Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.256	193	39
155^th	Durant	1	1	0	0	0	0.254	188	33
156^th	Anguilla	0	1	0	0	0	0.244	159	3
157^th	Shelby	0	0	1	0	0	0.244	190	33
158^th	Greenville	9	3	3	0	8	0.242	183	25
159^th	Aberdeen	1	1	2	0	0	0.242	166	7
160^th	Hollandale	1	1	1	1	0	0.24	142	18
161^st	Bolton	1	0	0	0	0	0.24	145	16
162^nd	Mendenhall	1	1	2	0	2	0.237	168	6
163^rd	Crystal Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.237	163
164^th	Byhalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.233	169	5
165^th	Shannon	2	1	1	0	0	0.229	160	5
166^th	Ashland	1	0	2	0	0	0.222	184	18
167^th	Ruleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.22	149	18
168^th	Fayette	1	1	2	1	0	0.215	170	2
169^th	McComb	2	2	3	0	2	0.214		(n/a)
170^th	Newton	1	1	2	0	0	0.21	153	17
171^st	De Kalb	0	2	2	0	1	0.207	177	6
172^nd	Beaumont	1	0	0	0	0	0.206	111	61
173^rd	Hazlehurst	1	1	1	0	0	0.205	158	15
174^th	Shaw	1	0	1	0	0	0.205		(n/a)
175^th	Port Gibson	1	1	2	0	0	0.202	167	8
176^th	Walls	1	0	0	0	1	0.201	129	47
177^th	Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0.198	164	13
178^th	Jackson	34	12	9	5	21	0.195	171	7
179^th	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0	0.191	185	6
180^th	Cleveland	4	1	3	0	2	0.185	179	1
181^st	Lexington	2	1	2	0	1	0.184	178	3
182^nd	Jonestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.178	155	27
183^rd	Magnolia	1	2	3	0	0	0.175	128	55
184^th	Carthage	3	1	2	0	1	0.174	172	12
185^th	Magee	1	1	1	1	1	0.171	173	12
186^th	Plantersville	0	1	0	0	0	0.165	180	6
187^th	North Carrollton	1	0	1	0	0	0.165	161	26
188^th	Prentiss	1	1	0	0	2	0.162	138	50
189^th	Webb	0	0	2	0	0	0.143	174	15
190^th	Sardis	1	0	1	0	0	0.121	197	7
191^st	Yazoo City	1	2	3	1	1	0.113	182	9
192^nd	Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	0.107	186	6
193^rd	Clarksdale	4	2	3	1	3	0.094	191	2
194^th	Macon	1	2	2	0	1	0.094	192	2
195^th	Greenwood	7	3	3	1	4	0.092	189	6
196^th	Charleston	1	1	2	0	1	0.08	181	15
197^th	Rosedale	1	0	2	0	0	0.078	195	2
198^th	Itta Bena	1	0	1	1	0	0.068	194	4
199^th	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.068	201	2
200^th	Belzoni	1	1	2	0	1	0.065	198	2
201^st	Centreville	0	1	0	0	1	0.064	200	1
202^nd	Moorhead	2	0	0	0	0	0.062	176	26
203^rd	Rolling Fork	1	0	2	0	1	0.057	196	7
204^th	Woodville	1	0	2	0	0	0.027	199	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 Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 21, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Mississippi Department of Education, 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 Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.