Mississippi City Rankings

Updated Thursday, September 23, 2021, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 202)	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	0.968	2	1
2^nd	New Site	0	0	1	0	0	0.957	3	1
3^rd	Madison	5	2	3	2	4	0.953	4	1
4^th	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.93	30	26
5^th	Biloxi	8	2	3	1	5	0.913	11	6
6^th	Perkinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.908	9	3
7^th	Sumrall	1	1	1	0	3	0.905	12	5
8^th	Brandon	7	1	2	1	2	0.903	10	2
9^th	Union	1	1	1	0	1	0.901	32	23
10^th	Flowood	2	1	1	0	1	0.901	14	4
11^th	Saucier	2	0	0	0	0	0.901	6	5
12^th	Diberville	1	1	0	0	1	0.9	19	7
13^th	Ocean Springs	5	3	3	0	4	0.899	22	9
14^th	Merigold	1	0	0	0	0	0.898	5	9
15^th	Vancleave	2	1	2	0	0	0.891	16	1
16^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.877	1	15
17^th	Pass Christian	3	1	1	0	0	0.876	17
18^th	New Albany	1	1	2	2	1	0.863	15	3
19^th	Olive Branch	8	3	4	0	3	0.857	20	1
20^th	Petal	3	2	1	0	0	0.856	25	5
21^st	French Camp	1	0	0	0	1	0.853	8	13
22^nd	Long Beach	2	2	1	0	2	0.848	27	5
23^rd	Grenada	1	1	3	0	1	0.844	24	1
24^th	Collinsville	0	1	1	0	0	0.841	21	3
25^th	Bay St Louis	1	0	1	0	4	0.831	38	13
26^th	Maben	0	0	2	0	0	0.829	39	13
27^th	Kiln	2	1	2	0	0	0.825	18	9
28^th	Enterprise	1	1	1	0	0	0.818	7	21
29^th	Oxford	5	3	4	0	3	0.815	13	16
30^th	Moselle	1	0	0	0	0	0.811	67	37
31^st	Florence	3	1	2	0	1	0.809	46	15
32^nd	Mooreville	1	1	1	0	0	0.804	31	1
33^rd	Wiggins	1	1	1	0	1	0.787	37	4
34^th	Amory	2	1	3	1	1	0.786	45	11
35^th	Pontotoc	3	3	4	0	0	0.783	44	9
36^th	Decatur	1	0	1	2	1	0.771	35	1
37^th	Pearl	3	1	1	0	2	0.763	36	1
38^th	Lucedale	5	2	2	0	0	0.754	109	71
39^th	Tupelo	9	2	3	0	7	0.754	29	10
40^th	Redwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.748	40
41^st	Gautier	3	2	1	0	0	0.74	68	27
42^nd	Mc Cool	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	95	53
43^rd	Puckett	1	0	1	0	0	0.719	61	18
44^th	Mathiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.717	26	18
45^th	Glen	1	1	1	0	0	0.716	60	15
46^th	Saltillo	2	0	1	0	0	0.703	47	1
47^th	Carriere	1	1	2	0	0	0.701	43	4
48^th	Purvis	2	1	3	0	1	0.697	50	2
49^th	Poplarville	2	1	2	0	0	0.692	56	7
50^th	Bay Saint Louis	1	1	0	0	0	0.691	74	24
51^st	Foxworth	1	1	1	0	0	0.69	59	8
52^nd	Houston	2	1	3	0	0	0.678	58	6
53^rd	Ripley	1	1	2	1	0	0.674	55	2
54^th	Eupora	1	0	2	0	1	0.669	65	11
55^th	Ecru	1	2	1	0	0	0.668	54	1
56^th	Pascagoula	7	2	2	1	3	0.668	76	20
57^th	Lake Cormorant	1	1	1	0	1	0.664	41	16
58^th	Walnut	1	0	0	1	0	0.659	63	5
59^th	Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0.659	70	11
60^th	Gulfport	13	4	6	2	4	0.659	71	11
61^st	Guntown	0	1	0	0	0	0.654	52	9
62^nd	Raleigh	1	0	2	1	0	0.646	94	32
63^rd	Booneville	2	1	3	3	0	0.645	28	35
64^th	Sarah	1	0	1	0	0	0.644	90	26
65^th	Senatobia	1	1	1	1	1	0.641	87	22
66^th	Iuka	1	1	1	0	0	0.636	33	33
67^th	Moss Point	4	2	3	1	0	0.633	91	24
68^th	Ellisville	1	0	1	0	1	0.633	51	17
69^th	Richland	2	0	1	0	0	0.63	83	14
70^th	Osyka	1	0	0	0	0	0.625	80	10
71^st	Leakesville	1	1	2	0	0	0.622	69	2
72^nd	Southaven	6	2	3	0	3	0.614	62	10
73^rd	Corinth	3	2	5	0	1	0.614	72	1
74^th	Seminary	1	1	1	0	1	0.605	85	11
75^th	Ackerman	1	0	2	0	0	0.604	77	2
76^th	Meadville	1	2	2	0	0	0.604	79	3
77^th	Pinola	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	34	43
78^th	Kosciusko	3	1	2	1	1	0.586	88	10
79^th	Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.582	118	39
80^th	Philadelphia	2	1	2	0	0	0.58	114	34
81^st	Camden	1	0	1	0	0	0.572	124	43
82^nd	Hattiesburg	14	3	3	1	8	0.571	100	18
83^rd	Pelahatchie	1	0	1	0	0	0.565	86	3
84^th	Sturgis	2	0	0	0	0	0.564	73	11
85^th	Buckatunna	1	0	0	0	0	0.564	131	46
86^th	Picayune	8	1	3	0	5	0.563	93	7
87^th	Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0.562	53	34
88^th	Laurel	8	1	5	2	2	0.554	103	15
89^th	Ridgeland	2	1	1	0	3	0.554	99	10
90^th	Louisville	2	1	2	1	2	0.543	78	12
91^st	Richton	2	0	1	0	0	0.54	115	24
92^nd	Baldwyn	1	1	2	0	0	0.54	66	26
93^rd	Water Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.536	98	5
94^th	Nettleton	1	1	1	0	0	0.53	104	10
95^th	Ethel	0	0	1	0	0	0.524	120	25
96^th	Batesville	3	1	1	0	1	0.524	75	21
97^th	Lumberton	2	1	1	0	2	0.52	102	5
98^th	Vardaman	1	0	1	0	0	0.519	84	14
99^th	Golden	1	0	0	0	0	0.512	48	51
100^th	Fulton	2	0	2	1	0	0.495	64	36
101^st	Columbia	3	1	3	0	2	0.468	111	10
102^nd	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.466	49	53
103^rd	Avon	1	0	1	0	0	0.454	116	13
104^th	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.449	126	22
105^th	Raymond	1	1	2	1	1	0.446	106	1
106^th	Bruce	1	0	1	0	0	0.44	57	49
107^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.436	117	10
108^th	Bay Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.432	127	19
109^th	Terry	0	1	1	0	0	0.432	110	1
110^th	Tishomingo	1	0	2	0	0	0.426	101	9
111^th	Meridian	10	5	5	1	3	0.413	119	8
112^th	New Augusta	0	1	3	0	0	0.412	141	29
113^th	Winona	1	0	2	0	1	0.409	150	37
114^th	Monticello	2	1	2	0	0	0.407	113	1
115^th	Waynesboro	4	0	3	0	0	0.403	145	30
116^th	Bassfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.4	125	9
117^th	Canton	6	3	2	2	1	0.397	123	6
118^th	Vicksburg	9	2	4	0	4	0.394	121	3
119^th	Walls	1	0	0	0	1	0.394	108	11
120^th	Summit	3	1	2	0	1	0.393	96	24
121^st	Bolton	1	0	0	1	0	0.38	133	12
122^nd	Dundee	1	0	0	0	0	0.375	42	80
123^rd	Inverness	1	0	0	0	0	0.367	112	11
124^th	Horn Lake	3	1	1	0	0	0.362	138	14
125^th	Bentonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.36	105	20
126^th	Beaumont	1	0	0	0	0	0.354	89	37
127^th	Lambert	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	82	45
128^th	Columbus	7	2	6	2	3	0.352	129	1
129^th	Calhoun City	1	0	2	0	1	0.351	144	15
130^th	Forest	1	1	2	1	0	0.349	132	2
131^st	Tylertown	2	1	2	1	0	0.347	148	17
132^nd	Heidelberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.347	122	10
133^rd	Flora	1	0	0	0	1	0.344	163	30
134^th	Mendenhall	1	1	2	0	2	0.335	139	5
135^th	Shannon	2	1	1	0	0	0.333	142	7
136^th	Ashland	1	0	2	0	0	0.33	156	20
137^th	Newton	1	1	2	0	0	0.33	128	9
138^th	Walnut Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.322	135	3
139^th	Lyon	1	0	0	0	0	0.32	172	33
140^th	Okolona	1	1	2	0	0	0.314	130	10
141^st	Coldwater	2	0	3	0	0	0.314	160	19
142^nd	Byhalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.292	134	8
143^rd	Natchez	3	2	4	1	4	0.285	154	11
144^th	Sallis	1	0	1	0	0	0.28	176	32
145^th	Jonestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.273	195	50
146^th	Morton	1	1	1	0	0	0.269	175	29
147^th	Liberty	1	0	2	0	1	0.262	199	52
148^th	Prentiss	1	0	0	0	1	0.258	162	14
149^th	Quitman	2	1	3	0	0	0.258	149
150^th	Collins	2	1	2	1	0	0.257	187	37
151^st	Holly Springs	3	2	3	1	2	0.248	167	16
152^nd	Marks	0	1	2	0	1	0.247	178	26
153^rd	Robinsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.247	186	33
154^th	North Carrollton	1	0	1	0	0	0.244	158	4
155^th	Newhebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.244	140	15
156^th	Cleveland	4	1	3	0	2	0.237	185	29
157^th	Carthage	1	1	2	0	1	0.233	159	2
158^th	Crystal Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.227	202	44
159^th	De Kalb	0	2	2	0	1	0.214	184	25
160^th	Magee	1	1	1	1	1	0.213	170	10
161^st	Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0.205	164	3
162^nd	Tunica	1	1	3	0	1	0.197	143	19
163^rd	Cedarbluff	2	0	0	0	0	0.197	161	2
164^th	Aberdeen	1	1	2	0	0	0.192	155	9
165^th	Leland	1	1	2	0	0	0.184	180	15
166^th	Plantersville	0	1	0	0	0	0.183	200	34
167^th	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.178	197	30
168^th	Jackson	37	13	9	5	19	0.169	168
169^th	Sunflower	1	0	0	0	0	0.168	147	22
170^th	Friars Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.155	177	7
171^st	Hollandale	1	0	1	1	0	0.152	179	8
172^nd	Indianola	1	2	2	1	2	0.15	194	22
173^rd	Clarksdale	6	2	4	1	3	0.146	191	18
174^th	Rolling Fork	1	0	2	0	0	0.144	192	18
175^th	Moorhead	2	0	0	0	0	0.141	153	22
176^th	Itta Bena	1	0	1	1	0	0.14	181	5
177^th	Drew	1	1	0	0	1	0.138	136	41
178^th	Greenville	9	3	3	0	6	0.135	169	9
179^th	Ruleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.135	174	5
180^th	Greenwood	7	3	3	1	4	0.133	171	9
181^st	Hazlehurst	1	1	1	0	0	0.128	183	2
182^nd	Magnolia	1	2	3	0	0	0.123		(n/a)
183^rd	Fayette	1	2	2	1	0	0.122	203	20
184^th	Mound Bayou	1	0	0	0	0	0.11	165	19
185^th	Yazoo City	2	2	3	1	1	0.11	196	11
186^th	Coffeeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.104	146	40
187^th	Centreville	1	1	0	0	1	0.102	205	18
188^th	Macon	1	2	2	0	0	0.092	207	19
189^th	Duncan	1	0	0	0	0	0.087	209	20
190^th	Port Gibson	1	1	2	0	0	0.084	189	1
191^st	Shelby	0	0	1	0	0	0.078	204	13
192^nd	Webb	0	0	1	0	0	0.074	152	40
193^rd	Anguilla	0	1	0	0	0	0.062	190	3
194^th	Charleston	1	1	2	0	1	0.057	166	28
195^th	Rosedale	1	0	2	0	0	0.054	198	3
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	Lexington	2	1	2	0	1	0.033	210	12
199^th	Durant	1	1	0	0	0	0.021	201	2
200^th	Sumner	1	0	1	0	0	0.018	188	12
201^st	Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	0.003	137	64
202^nd	Sardis	1	0	1	0	0	0	182	20

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