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Best Public Schools in Clay County, MS

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At a glance

Schools

2,528

Students

Top rankedFifth Street School102^nd of 263 Mississippi middle schools

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Biggest riser

West Clay Elementary School up 42 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Fifth Street School 10.4 students per teacher

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Ranking:

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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
West Point High School	Public	8-12	90 S. Eshman Avenue	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-5083	1,010	82	12.3		146 (14.5%)	817 (80.9%)	12 (1.2%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (2.9%)	29.8	159^th of 224 public high schools	29.0%		18.1	191^st of 232 public high schools	17.7%	32						23.6						53.7	58.1	34.7		35.4	53.3	$13,318
East Side Elementary School	Public	PK-K	1039 E Broad Street	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-4691	251	16	15.8	92.4%	28 (11.2%)	207 (82.5%)	9 (3.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)								(n/a)																		$11,511
Fifth Street School	Public	5-7	418 Fifth Street	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-2191	440	42	10.4	85.2%	59 (13.4%)	348 (79.1%)	9 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.5%)	56.9	102^nd of 263 public middle schools	61.2%		52.2	124^th of 266 public middle schools	53.4%	22			42.6	33.6	33.3				21.0	65.8	65.4				60.9			$12,834
West Clay Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	450 Joe Stevens Road	Cedarbluff	39741	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-2350	111	11	10.4	91.0%	6 (5.4%)	49 (44.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (50.5%)	50.6	182^nd of 377 public elementary schools	51.7%		42.3	224^th of 383 public elementary schools	41.5%	42	26.7	46.7	72.8	57.2			20.0	20.0	72.7	64.3					81.9			$21,060
South Side Elementary School	Public	3-4	237 Louis Odneal Road	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 495-6216	337	28	12.0	87.8%	37 (11.0%)	290 (86.1%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	23.4	311^th of 377 public elementary schools	17.5%		23.7	308^th of 383 public elementary schools	19.6%	3	26.1	50.0					22.9	31.4										$12,504
Church Hill Elementary School	Public	1-2	2050 W Church Hill Road	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-5900	379	27	14.1	89.4%	57 (15.0%)	300 (79.2%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.9%)								(n/a)																		$11,772
West Point Vocational Comp	Public	8-12	3413 East Church Hill Road	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 494-6176	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
West Point Learning Center	Public, Alternative	1-12	8355 Highway 45 Alt North	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-5967	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																0.0

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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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