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Best Public Schools in Panola County, MS

At a glance

Schools

6,134

Students

Districts

Top rankedPope School126^th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools

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Biggest riser

North Panola High School up 51 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

North Panola High School 10.1 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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7 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/reduced lunch (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
Como Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	200 Lewers Drive	Como	38619	Panola County	North Panola	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 526-0396	267	14	19.6	—	4 (1.5%)	249 (93.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)								(n/a)																		$11,707
Green Hill Intermediate	Public	3-5	599 West Pearl Street	Sardis	38666	Panola County	North Panola	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 487-1074	264	16	16.0	—	8 (3.0%)	211 (79.9%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (15.5%)								(n/a)																		$12,964
North Panola High School	Public	9-12	500 HWY 51 North	Sardis	38666	Panola County	North Panola	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 487-1070	329	33	10.1	—	4 (1.2%)	282 (85.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.8%)	32.1	153^rd of 224 public high schools	31.7%		12.2	204^th of 232 public high schools	12.1%	51													71.8	28.1			47.0	$14,510
North Panola Vocational Comp	Public	8-12	601 Railroad Street	Como	38619	Panola County	North Panola	No	No	No	No	(662) 526-5804	0	0	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
North Panola Achievement Academy	Public, Alternative	1-12	202 Lewers Road	Como	38619	Panola County	North Panola	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 526-5408	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
North Panola Middle School	Public	6-8	526 Compress Road	Como	38619	Panola County	North Panola	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 526-5938	243	20	11.8	—	3 (1.2%)	207 (85.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (13.6%)	14.9	241^st of 263 public middle schools	8.4%		13.1	239^th of 265 public middle schools	9.8%	2				26.7	20.0	18.1				18.3	40.0	39.7				27.7		$14,242
South Panola Alternative School	Public, Alternative	1-12	507 Tiger Drive	Batesville	38606	Panola County	South Panola School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(662) 563-3706	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Batesville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-1	110 College St.	Batesville	38606	Panola County	South Panola School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 563-4596	741	42	17.6	87.9%	233 (31.4%)	448 (60.5%)	25 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.5%)								(n/a)																		$10,522
Batesville Junior High School	Public	6-8	507 Tiger Drive	Batesville	38606	Panola County	South Panola School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 563-4503	756	54	13.8	87.8%	202 (26.7%)	476 (63.0%)	34 (4.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.4%)	44.1	144^th of 263 public middle schools	45.2%		48.1	137^th of 265 public middle schools	48.3%	7				43.0	36.0	37.7				38.7	51.4	36.6				54.3		$10,597
Pope School	Public	PK, KG-8	1110 Main Street	Pope	38658	Panola County	South Panola School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 563-3732	549	34	16.3	73.6%	447 (81.4%)	81 (14.8%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	64.3	126^th of 377 public elementary schools	66.6%		62.1	151^st of 380 public elementary schools	60.3%	25	58.7	57.1	61.8	57.2	26.8	48.9	57.2	51.8	43.6	61.9	48.8	51.2			63.6	65.1		$10,754
South Panola High School	Public	9-12	601 Tiger Drive	Batesville	38606	Panola County	South Panola School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 563-4756	1,113	93	12.0	84.7%	359 (32.3%)	641 (57.6%)	37 (3.3%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (6.2%)	58.9	94^th of 224 public high schools	58.0%		45.8	132^nd of 232 public high schools	43.1%	38													71.4	48.2			65.9	$13,564
Batesville Intermediate School	Public	2-3	200 College St.	Batesville	38606	Panola County	South Panola School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 563-7834	587	35	16.7	89.4%	171 (29.1%)	375 (63.9%)	23 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.9%)								(n/a)	44.2						46.1											$11,392
Batesville Middle School	Public	4-5	509 Tiger Drive	Batesville	38606	Panola County	South Panola School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 563-1924	474	33	14.2	88.4%	151 (31.9%)	294 (62.0%)	15 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)	51.6	177^th of 377 public elementary schools	53.1%		58.2	163^rd of 380 public elementary schools	57.1%	14		51.1	48.9					45.4	50.4						73.4			$11,605
Strayhorn Elementary School	Public	K-6	3402 Highway 4 West	Sarah	38665	Panola County	Tate County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 562-8637	407	29	14.0	69.5%	298 (73.2%)	36 (8.8%)	43 (10.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.4%)	54.7	167^th of 377 public elementary schools	55.7%		51.5	189^th of 380 public elementary schools	50.3%	22	57.2	69.3	46.7	45.9			55.4	57.7	33.3	45.8					68.3			$10,179
Strayhorn High School	Public	7-12	86 Mustang Dr.	Sarah	38665	Panola County	Tate County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 562-9246	404	29	14.0	68.3%	253 (62.6%)	86 (21.3%)	44 (10.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.2%)	7.8	212^th of 224 public high schools	5.4%		41.5	140^th of 232 public high schools	39.7%	72					17.9	28.4					34.4	44.4		18.9		33.3	39.7	$11,281

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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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