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Best Public Schools in Oktibbeha County, MS

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At a glance

Schools

4,880

Students

Top rankedArmstrong Junior High School75^th of 260 Mississippi middle schools

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Biggest riser

Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary School up 76 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Armstrong Junior High School 10.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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

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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
Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary School	Public	2-4	200 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.	Starkville	39759	Oktibbeha County	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 324-4160	1,066	71	15.1	69.2%	300 (28.1%)	694 (65.1%)	20 (1.9%)	42 (3.9%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	56.4	161^st of 377 public elementary schools	57.3%		39.2	237^th of 383 public elementary schools	38.1%	76	46.8	53.4					49.1	53.1										$11,168
Sudduth Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-1	101 Greenfield Drive	Starkville	39759	Oktibbeha County	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 324-4150	920	54	17.0	67.9%	248 (27.0%)	611 (66.4%)	18 (2.0%)	38 (4.1%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)								(n/a)																		$11,204
West Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	127 Sturgis-Maben Road	Sturgis	39769	Oktibbeha County	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 465-7956	190	15	12.2	76.8%	98 (51.6%)	91 (47.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64.1	127^th of 377 public elementary schools	66.3%		48.6	198^th of 383 public elementary schools	48.3%	71	45.7	64.3	57.9				54.3	71.4	52.7						63.1			$14,043
Starkville High School	Public	9-12	603 Yellowjacket Drive	Starkville	39759	Oktibbeha County	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 324-4130	1,376	116	11.8	64.8%	377 (27.4%)	911 (66.2%)	35 (2.5%)	43 (3.1%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	43.9	126^th of 224 public high schools	43.8%		46.2	128^th of 232 public high schools	44.8%	2													58.7	50.5			52.2	$14,375
Armstrong Junior High School	Public	8	303 Mckee Street	Starkville	39759	Oktibbeha County	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 324-4070	358	35	10.2	66.8%	93 (26.0%)	251 (70.1%)	4 (1.1%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	69.5	75^th of 260 public middle schools	71.2%		60.9	107^th of 266 public middle schools	59.8%	32						44.8						57.8	100.0			61.5		$16,838
Millsaps Career & Technical Center	Public	8-12	803 Louisville Road	Starkville	39759	Oktibbeha County	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 324-4170	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
The Learning Center Alternative	Public, Alternative	1-12	2926 Sisteenth Section Road	Starkville	39759	Oktibbeha County	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 323-1462	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Overstreet Elementary School	Public	5	307 South Jackson Street	Starkville	39759	Oktibbeha County	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 324-4193	324	25	12.9	66.4%	104 (32.1%)	192 (59.3%)	6 (1.9%)	18 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)								(n/a)			55.2						56.2						67.9			$15,128
Socsd/Msu Partnership Middle School	Public	6-7	11200 Ms Hwy 182	Starkville	39759	Oktibbeha County	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 324-4181	646	52	12.3	65.8%	205 (31.7%)	395 (61.1%)	18 (2.8%)	25 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	56.8	103^rd of 260 public middle schools	60.4%		62.6	99^th of 266 public middle schools	62.8%	4				47.6	38.4					47.3	58.6		100.0					$14,648

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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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