Best School Districts in Mississippi

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Rank (of 134)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
99^th	Aberdeen School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Aberdeen	Monroe County	0.293	100	1
26^th	Alcorn School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	2	Corinth	Alcorn County	0.701	30	4
101^st	Ambition Preparatory Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.279	111	10
73^rd	Amite County School District	K-12	1	1	2	0	Liberty	Amite County	0.386	91	18
40^th	Amory School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Amory	Monroe County	0.6	19	21
	Archway Charter School		0	0	0	0	Madison	Madison County			(n/a)
32^nd	Attala County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	0	Kosciusko	Attala County	0.639	37	5
64^th	Baldwyn School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Baldwyn	Lee County	0.445	74	10
1^st	Bay Waveland School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bay St Louis	Hancock County	0.934	7	6
65^th	Benton County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	1	Ashland	Benton County	0.441	70	5
17^th	Biloxi Public School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	1	Biloxi	Harrison County	0.76	25	8
	Bogue Chitto Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County			(n/a)
22^nd	Booneville School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Booneville	Prentiss County	0.71	9	13
70^th	Brookhaven School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	1	Brookhaven	Lincoln County	0.394	76	6
57^th	Calhoun County School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	1	Pittsboro	Calhoun County	0.517	60	3
75^th	Canton Public Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	1	Canton	Madison County	0.375	82	7
127^th	Carroll County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Carrollton	Carroll County	0.08	116	11
51^st	Chickasaw County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	2	Houston	Chickasaw County	0.552	58	7
	Choctaw Central High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Choctaw	Neshoba County			(n/a)
	Choctaw Central Middle School	7-8	0	1	0	0	Choctaw	Neshoba County			(n/a)
36^th	Choctaw County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	2	0	Ackerman	Choctaw County	0.609	26	10
129^th	Claiborne County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Port Gibson	Claiborne County	0.076	112	17
124^th	Clarksdale Collegiate	K-9	0	0	0	1	Clarksdale	Coahoma County	0.096		(n/a)
125^th	Clarksdale Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Clarksdale	Coahoma County	0.092		(n/a)
89^th	Cleveland School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	1	Cleveland	Bolivar County	0.315	86	3
	Clinton Public School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	1	Clinton	Hinds County			(n/a)
115^th	Coahoma County School District	K-12	3	1	1	0	Clarksdale	Coahoma County	0.196	108	7
79^th	Coffeeville School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Coffeeville	Yalobusha County	0.36	38	41
31^st	Columbia School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Columbia	Marion County	0.64	49	18
122^nd	Columbus Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	1	Columbus	Lowndes County	0.1	119	3
	Conehatta Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Conehatta	Newton County			(n/a)
56^th	Copiah County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Hazlehurst	Copiah County	0.518	59	3
95^th	Corinth School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Corinth	Alcorn County	0.301	67	28
68^th	Covington County School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	2	Collins	Covington County	0.43	63	5
45^th	Desoto County School District	PK, KG-12	24	8	10	1	Hernando	DeSoto County	0.583	34	11
76^th	East Jasper School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Heidelberg	Jasper County	0.371	77	1
111^th	East Tallahatchie School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Charleston	Tallahatchie County	0.223	125	14
5^th	Enterprise	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Enterprise	Clarke County	0.89	2	3
108^th	Forest Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Forest	Scott County	0.237	114	6
23^rd	Forrest County Agricultural High School	5-12	0	0	1	0	Brooklyn	Forrest County	0.71	3	20
38^th	Forrest County School District	PK, KG-12	5	0	1	0	Hattiesburg	Forrest County	0.604	46	8
84^th	Franklin County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Meadville	Franklin County	0.337		(n/a)
27^th	George County School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	1	Lucedale	George County	0.69	35	8
58^th	Greene County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Leakesville	Greene County	0.516	50	8
97^th	Greenville Public School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	1	Greenville	Washington County	0.298	104	7
121^st	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	4	1	Greenwood	Leflore County	0.113	126	5
10^th	Grenada School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	Grenada	Grenada County	0.831	11	1
37^th	Gulfport School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	1	Gulfport	Harrison County	0.607	39	2
9^th	Hancock School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Kiln	Hancock County	0.849	14	5
15^th	Harrison County School District	PK, KG-12	15	3	4	2	Gulfport	Harrison County	0.769	17	2
48^th	Hattiesburg	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Hattiesburg	Forrest County	0.555	48
86^th	Hazlehurst City School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hazlehurst	Copiah County	0.326	110	24
93^rd	Hinds County School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	1	Raymond	Hinds County	0.303	69	24
106^th	Hollandale School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Hollandale	Washington County	0.246	101	5
	Holly Springs School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	2	0	Holly Springs	Marshall County			(n/a)
116^th	Holmes County Consolidated	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	1	Lexington	Holmes County	0.18	113	3
131^st	Humphreys County	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Belzoni	Humphreys County	0.065	128	3
133^rd	Instant Impact Global Prep	K-8	1	0	0	0	Natchez	Adams County	0.021		(n/a)
43^rd	Itawamba County	K-12	3	0	2	3	Fulton	Itawamba County	0.594	40	3
2^nd	Jackson County School District	PK, KG-12	7	3	4	0	Vancleave	Jackson County	0.901	6	4
112^th	Jackson Public Schools	PK, KG-12	21	7	7	4	Jackson	Hinds County	0.213	103	9
87^th	Jeff Davis County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Prentiss	Jefferson Davis County	0.324		(n/a)
100^th	Jefferson County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	Fayette	Jefferson County	0.28	107	7
128^th	Joel E. Smilow Collegiate	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.08	121	7
132^nd	Joel E. Smilow Prep	PK, KG-8	0	1	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.031	120	12
34^th	Jones County School District	PK, KG-12	6	0	4	1	Ellisville	Jones County	0.615	36	2
	Kemper County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	De Kalb	Kemper County			(n/a)
52^nd	Kosciusko School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Kosciusko	Attala County	0.55	47	5
6^th	Lafayette County	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Oxford	Lafayette County	0.873	23	17
30^th	Lamar County School District	PK, KG-12	8	3	5	1	Purvis	Lamar County	0.646	24	6
18^th	Lauderdale County School District	PK, KG-12	4	3	5	0	Meridian	Lauderdale County	0.756	21	3
92^nd	Laurel School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	1	Laurel	Jones County	0.303	81	11
72^nd	Lawrence County School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Monticello	Lawrence County	0.39	75	3
114^th	Leake County School District	K-12	2	1	3	0	Carthage	Leake County	0.203	99	15
66^th	Lee County	PK, KG-12	6	4	4	1	Tupelo	Lee County	0.439	65	1
118^th	Leflore Legacy Academy	K-8	0	1	0	0	Greenwood	Leflore County	0.162	115	3
81^st	Leland School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Leland	Washington County	0.343	95	14
	Lincoln County School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	4	Brookhaven	Lincoln County			(n/a)
	Long Beach School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Long Beach	Harrison County			(n/a)
69^th	Louisville Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	2	Louisville	Winston County	0.426	62	7
53^rd	Lowndes County School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	4	1	Columbus	Lowndes County	0.538	43	10
20^th	Madison County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	4	5	1	Ridgeland	Madison County	0.734	18	2
61^st	Marion County School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	1	Columbia	Marion County	0.508	68	7
82^nd	Marshall County School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	4	1	Holly Springs	Marshall County	0.339	89	7
96^th	McComb School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	1	McComb	Pike County	0.299	106	10
	Mdhs Division Of Youth Services	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Raymond	Hinds County			(n/a)
120^th	Meridian Public Schools	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	1	Meridian	Lauderdale County	0.134	122	2
126^th	Midtown Public Charter School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.088	118	8
	Mississippi Global Academy		0	0	0	0	Rosedale	District Of Columbia			(n/a)
	Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science	9-12	0	0	1	0	Columbus	Lowndes County			(n/a)
	Mississippi School Of The Arts	6-12	0	0	1	0	Brookhaven	Lincoln County			(n/a)
	Mississippi Schools For The Blind And Deaf	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Jackson	Hinds County			(n/a)
	Monroe County School District	K-12	0	0	1	4	Amory	Monroe County			(n/a)
88^th	Moss Point School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Moss Point	Jackson County	0.316	90	2
94^th	Natchez-Adams School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	1	Natchez	Adams County	0.301	87	7
3^rd	Neshoba County Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County	0.899	8	5
60^th	Nettleton School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Nettleton	Itawamba County	0.513	79	19
16^th	New Albany Public Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	New Albany	Union County	0.765	15	1
12^th	Newton County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	1	Decatur	Newton County	0.82	16	4
105^th	Newton Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Newton	Newton County	0.252	109	4
85^th	North Bolivar Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Mound Bayou	Bolivar County	0.336	83	2
	North Panola	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Sardis	Panola County			(n/a)
49^th	North Pike Schools	PK, KG-12	1	2	2	0	Summit	Pike County	0.554	55	6
55^th	North Tippah School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	2	Falkner	Tippah County	0.518	56	1
	Noxubee County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	Macon	Noxubee County			(n/a)
	Ocean Springs School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Ocean Springs	Jackson County			(n/a)
102^nd	Okolona School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Okolona	Chickasaw County	0.271	94	8
4^th	Oxford School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Oxford	Lafayette County	0.896		(n/a)
35^th	Pascagoula-Gautier School District	PK, KG-12	10	4	3	2	Pascagoula	Jackson County	0.614	44	9
7^th	Pass Christian School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Pass Christian	Harrison County	0.872	5	2
44^th	Pearl Public Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Pearl	Rankin County	0.588	31	13
13^th	Pearl River County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Carriere	Pearl River County	0.789	32	19
	Pearl River Elementary School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Choctaw	Neshoba County			(n/a)
78^th	Perry County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	New Augusta	Perry County	0.367	80	2
11^th	Petal School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Petal	Forrest County	0.828	4	7
104^th	Philadelphia Public School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Philadelphia	Neshoba County	0.253	105	1
50^th	Picayune School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	1	Picayune	Pearl River County	0.554	61	11
21^st	Pontotoc City School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Pontotoc	Pontotoc County	0.723	20	1
28^th	Pontotoc County School District	PK, KG-12	2	3	3	1	Pontotoc	Pontotoc County	0.68	28
8^th	Poplarville School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Poplarville	Pearl River County	0.866	12	4
24^th	Prentiss County School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	3	Booneville	Prentiss County	0.71	27	3
103^rd	Quitman County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Marks	Quitman County	0.26	64	39
91^st	Quitman School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Quitman	Clarke County	0.311	93	2
25^th	Rankin County School District	PK, KG-12	16	3	8	1	Brandon	Rankin County	0.703	22	3
	Red Water Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Carthage	Leake County			(n/a)
130^th	Reimagine Prep	PK, KG-12	0	1	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.073	127	3
119^th	Revive	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.149		(n/a)
62^nd	Richton School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Richton	Perry County	0.485	66	4
54^th	Scott County School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	2	Forest	Scott County	0.536	51	3
39^th	Senatobia Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Senatobia	Tate County	0.604	53	14
110^th	Simpson County School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	1	Mendenhall	Simpson County	0.226	92	18
63^rd	Smith County School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	1	Raleigh	Smith County	0.453	54	9
117^th	South Delta School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Rolling Fork	Sharkey County	0.176	124	7
46^th	South Panola School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Batesville	Panola County	0.581	52	6
	South Pike School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	1	Magnolia	Pike County			(n/a)
33^rd	South Tippah School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	2	Ripley	Tippah County	0.623	29	4
	SR1 College Preparatory & STEM Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Canton	Madison County			(n/a)
	Standing Pine Elementary School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Carthage	Leake County			(n/a)
41^st	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	3	3	2	1	Starkville	Oktibbeha County	0.598	57	16
14^th	Stone County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Wiggins	Stone County	0.771	10	4
98^th	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	4	4	3	1	Indianola	Sunflower County	0.296	98
109^th	Tate County School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	3	0	Coldwater	Tate County	0.234	73	36
42^nd	Tishomingo County School District	K-12	3	1	2	2	Iuka	Tishomingo County	0.596	42
	Tucker Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County			(n/a)
71^st	Tunica School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Tunica	Tunica County	0.394	85	14
59^th	Tupelo Public School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	1	Tupelo	Lee County	0.516	45	14
	Union County School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	4	New Albany	Union County			(n/a)
19^th	Union Public School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Union	Neshoba County	0.743	13	6
67^th	Vicksburg Warren School District	PK, KG-12	10	2	3	0	Vicksburg	Warren County	0.43	71	4
	Walthall County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Tylertown	Walthall County			(n/a)
77^th	Water Valley School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Water Valley	Yalobusha County	0.369	72	5
80^th	Wayne County School District	PK, KG-12	5	0	2	1	Waynesboro	Wayne County	0.348	78	2
29^th	Webster County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	0	Eupora	Webster County	0.662	33	4
123^rd	West Bolivar Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	0	Rosedale	Bolivar County	0.1	123
47^th	West Jasper School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Bay Springs	Jasper County	0.575	41	6
74^th	West Point Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	1	West Point	Clay County	0.377	102	28
113^th	West Tallahatchie School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Sumner	Tallahatchie County	0.21	117	4
83^rd	Western Line Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Avon	Washington County	0.338	84	1
134^th	Wilkinson County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Woodville	Wilkinson County	0.016	129	5
107^th	Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Winona	Montgomery County	0.244	88	19
	Yazoo City Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	Yazoo City	Yazoo County			(n/a)
90^th	Yazoo County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Yazoo City	Yazoo County	0.314	96	6

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