Summary:
Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School is the only school in the Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School district, serving grades K through 8 with 652 students in a high-poverty area of Mississippi. For parents, this means there are no other local schools to compare it to, so the most useful context comes from state averages and the school's own grade-level results. The school's overall academic performance is low, placing it in the bottom 10% of ranked schools statewide, but there are some notable bright spots and specific areas that need attention.
In math, proficiency is critically low, especially in 4th grade where only 8.8% of students are proficient compared to 51.5% statewide—a gap of nearly 43 points. Eighth-grade math is also very weak at 13.8% proficient. English Language Arts declines as students progress, from 34.2% in 3rd grade down to 18.5% in 8th grade. However, science is a relative strength: 5th-grade science proficiency stands at 56.6% and 8th-grade at 43.1%, both only about 15 points behind the state average. The school also has a better chronic absenteeism rate (20.6%) than the state average (23.9%), which is positive given that 98.16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
State rankings improved slightly from 351st out of 390 schools in 2023–2024 to 342nd out of 377 in 2025–2026, though the star rating dropped from 1 to 0. Parents should know that the school's high-poverty context is essential for understanding these results, and the most urgent areas for improvement are elementary math, 8th-grade math, and 8th-grade ELA. While the school faces significant academic challenges, particularly in mathematics, the science performance and attendance rates show that not all areas are struggling equally, and these strengths could serve as building blocks for future progress.
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