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Best Public Schools in Bolivar County, MS

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At a glance

Schools

4,415

Students

Districts

Top rankedHayes Cooper Center120^th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Parks Elementary School up 55 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

West Bolivar High School 10.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

McEvans Elementary School

SchoolDigger ratings

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MAAP English Language Arts (2026)						MAAP Mathematics (2026)						MAAP Algebra I (2026)	MAAP English II (2026)	MAAP Science (2026)		MAAP Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Science 5th Grade	MAAP Science 8th Grade	MAAP Biology End of Course	Total
McEvans Elementary School	Public	K-6	601 Hwy 61 NORTH	Shaw	38773	Bolivar County	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(662) 754-6109	204	17	12.3	100.0%	3 (1.5%)	151 (74.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (23.0%)	23.9	304^th of 377 public elementary schools	19.4%					(n/a)	29.0	60.9	33.3	20.0			31.6	69.5	8.3	5.7					58.3			$15,446
Shaw High School	Public	7-12	601 Hwy 61 North	Shaw	38773	Bolivar County	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(662) 754-6109	200	17	11.4	98.5%	2 (1.0%)	168 (84.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (14.5%)	21.6	179^th of 224 public high schools	20.1%		34.2	151^st of 232 public high schools	34.9%	28					6.9	7.7					13.8	11.5	42.5	41.7		34.6	44.7	$15,801
Joe Barnes Vocational Center	Public	8-12	505 Bradford Street	Rosedale	38769	Bolivar County	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 759-3791	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
West Bolivar Elementary	Public	K-6	1212 South Main Street	Rosedale	38769	Bolivar County	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 759-3823	242	19	12.9	100.0%	3 (1.2%)	225 (93.0%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.7%)	6.6	374^th of 377 public elementary schools	0.8%		6.7	375^th of 383 public elementary schools	2.1%	1	23.5	21.2	29.6	21.3			2.9	24.3	18.5	15.2					48.1			$14,059
West Bolivar High School	Public	7-12	1213 South Main	Rosedale	38769	Bolivar County	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 759-3743	227	21	10.6	98.7%	3 (1.3%)	207 (91.2%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.7%)	12.4	205^th of 224 public high schools	8.5%		5	225^th of 232 public high schools	3.0%	20					19.2	26.8					30.8	24.4	51.5	17.2		39.0	38.3	$17,843
Casper E Hall	Public	PK, KG-6	615 School St	Duncan	38740	Bolivar County	North Bolivar Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 337-6523	194	15	12.5	98.5%	0 (0.0%)	187 (96.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.1%)	51.3	177^th of 377 public elementary schools	53.1%		48.1	201^st of 383 public elementary schools	47.5%	24	54.2	30.0	76.2	51.7			25.0	50.0	47.6	34.4					85.7			$15,543
Northside High School	Public	7-12	1305 Martin Luther King Drive	Shelby	38774	Bolivar County	North Bolivar Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 398-2372	370	30	12.3	100.0%	1 (0.3%)	341 (92.2%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.9%)	17.9	190^th of 224 public high schools	15.2%		43	137^th of 232 public high schools	40.9%	53					34.1	23.3					57.5	26.6	61.1	25.8		36.7	30.0	$15,993
Isaiah T. Montgomery Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	202 Martin L. King Drive	Mound Bayou	38762	Bolivar County	North Bolivar Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 333-8952	185	15	12.7	99.5%	0 (0.0%)	139 (75.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (24.9%)	41.8	222^nd of 377 public elementary schools	41.1%		43.6	219^th of 383 public elementary schools	42.8%	3	31.8	37.9	40.0	37.5			36.3	41.4	60.0	56.3					90.0			$14,831
Bell Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	1016 Taylor Street	Boyle	38730	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(662) 843-4572	327	19	17.6	100.0%	115 (35.2%)	175 (53.5%)	11 (3.4%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.1%)	64.4	124^th of 377 public elementary schools	67.1%		71	108^th of 383 public elementary schools	71.8%	16	48.6	52.6	52.7	74.3			51.3	63.2	50.0	94.3					61.1			$11,436
Cleveland Vocational Technical Complex	Public	8-12	601 Third Street	Cleveland	38732	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 843-8818	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Nailor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	600 Cross Street	Cleveland	38732	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 843-4528	256	14	18.7	100.0%	2 (0.8%)	245 (95.7%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)								(n/a)																		$12,045
Parks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1301 Terrace Road	Cleveland	38732	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 843-3166	265	17	16.0	100.0%	94 (35.5%)	120 (45.3%)	19 (7.2%)	10 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.3%)	31.1	271^st of 377 public elementary schools	28.1%		21.1	326^th of 383 public elementary schools	14.9%	55	40.0	48.3	44.1	54.2			28.6	37.9	14.7	54.2					47.1			$13,034
Pearman Elementary School	Public	1-6	306 Merritt Drive	Cleveland	38732	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 843-4484	186	12	15.7	100.0%	16 (8.6%)	141 (75.8%)	19 (10.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.8%)	5.5	375^th of 377 public elementary schools	0.5%		10.1	360^th of 383 public elementary schools	6.0%	15	26.6	21.4	28.0	14.7			10.0	21.4	16.3	20.5					34.9			$13,390
Alternative School	Public, Alternative	1-12	601 Third Street	Cleveland	38732	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 846-6478	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Hayes Cooper Center	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	500 Martin L. King	Merigold	38733	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	Yes	No	No	(662) 748-2734	304	21	14.7	100.0%	139 (45.7%)	132 (43.4%)	20 (6.6%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	65.3	120^th of 377 public elementary schools	68.2%		67.7	121^st of 383 public elementary schools	68.4%	1	57.5	42.1	69.7	58.6			55.0	29.0	78.8	82.8					72.7			$10,835
Cleveland Central Middle School	Public	7-8	601 Lucy Seabery Dr	Cleveland	38732	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 843-2338	423	26	16.5	99.5%	67 (15.8%)	319 (75.4%)	19 (4.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.5%)	28.3	199^th of 260 public middle schools	23.5%		24.6	208^th of 266 public middle schools	21.8%	9					26.8	25.5					52.8	22.1				48.6		$12,526
D.M. Smith Elementary	Public	3-6	715 Martin Luther King Dr	Cleveland	38732	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 843-4355	233	18	12.7	99.6%	1 (0.4%)	218 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.2%)	28.2	288^th of 377 public elementary schools	23.6%		24.9	301^st of 383 public elementary schools	21.4%	13	12.9	33.8	46.6	38.3			23.0	38.3	29.3	55.3					70.7			$13,039
Cleveland Central High School	Public	9-12	300 W. Sunflower St	Cleveland	38732	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 843-2460	799	45	17.7	99.9%	85 (10.6%)	574 (71.8%)	36 (4.5%)	9 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	94 (11.8%)	13.2	203^rd of 224 public high schools	9.4%		25.8	166^th of 232 public high schools	28.4%	37													30.8	33.5			43.2	$14,369

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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.

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