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Best Public Schools in Marion County, MS

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Schools

3,433

Students

Districts

Top rankedWest Marion Primary School100^th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools

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Biggest riser

East Marion Elementary School up 61 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

East Marion High School 10.4 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

West Marion Middle School and 1 more

SchoolDigger ratings

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3 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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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
Columbia Elementary School	Public	3-5	401 Mary Street	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Columbia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-2362	378	29	13.1	26.7%	202 (53.4%)	152 (40.2%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.2%)	64	129^th of 377 public elementary schools	65.8%		60.3	155^th of 380 public elementary schools	59.2%	26	53.6	53.3	56.3				65.0	55.9	48.4						74.3			$11,740
Columbia High School	Public	9-12	1009 Broad Street	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Columbia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-5334	484	35	13.7	22.3%	229 (47.3%)	230 (47.5%)	12 (2.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	71.9	53^rd of 224 public high schools	76.3%		57.8	107^th of 232 public high schools	53.9%	54													77.1	53.2			73.9	$12,971
Columbia Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	913 West Avenue	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Columbia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-2216	448	35	12.9	27.7%	229 (51.1%)	181 (40.4%)	12 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)								(n/a)																		$12,412
Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	611 Owens Street	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Columbia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-2786	329	27	12.0	28.3%	156 (47.4%)	148 (45.0%)	10 (3.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	47.2	131^st of 263 public middle schools	50.2%		51.4	126^th of 265 public middle schools	52.5%	5				37.4	37.4	40.5				44.8	49.6	45.0				55.0		$12,118
East Marion High School	Public	9-12	527 East Marion School Road	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-3006	216	21	10.4	31.0%	38 (17.6%)	173 (80.1%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	58.9	93^rd of 224 public high schools	58.5%		41.5	139^th of 232 public high schools	40.1%	46													66.7	51.2			66.6	$20,015
Marion County Vocational Complex	Public	8-12	1140 Highway 13 South	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 736-6095	0	0	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
West Marion Middle School	Public	5-8	2 West Marion Street	Foxworth	39483	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(601) 731-2076	355	22	15.9	28.2%	245 (69.0%)	85 (23.9%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	40.5	152^nd of 263 public middle schools	42.2%					(n/a)			47.4	33.3	30.4	35.8			43.4	25.9	33.3	70.4			69.7	56.8
West Marion Primary School	Public	PK, KG-4	20 Cedar Street	Foxworth	39483	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-3713	435	22	19.7	26.0%	311 (71.5%)	91 (20.9%)	14 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.1%)	72.1	100^th of 377 public elementary schools	73.5%		72.5	98^th of 380 public elementary schools	74.2%	2	70.0	39.7					68.9	61.7										$11,385
East Marion Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	527 East Marion School Road	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-7290	298	17	17.8	43.0%	82 (27.5%)	190 (63.8%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.7%)	41.3	226^th of 377 public elementary schools	40.1%		27.5	287^th of 380 public elementary schools	24.5%	61	36.1	38.2	48.6				38.3	58.1	37.8						72.9			$12,929
East Marion Middle School	Public	6-8	527 East Marion School Road	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(601) 731-7936	143	9	15.1	35.0%	37 (25.9%)	96 (67.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.3%)	24	208^th of 263 public middle schools	20.9%					(n/a)				30.5	27.5	27.2				39.1	32.5	29.6				47.7
West Marion High School	Public	9-12	2 West Marion Street	Foxworth	39483	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-6381	347	30	11.6	17.9%	220 (63.4%)	110 (31.7%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	68.9	67^th of 224 public high schools	70.1%		59.9	102^nd of 232 public high schools	56.0%	35													77.9	43.7			84.9	$15,430
Marion County Alt School	Public, Alternative	1-12	2 W Marion St.	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 736-7290	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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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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