Best Elementary Schools in Mississippi

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 382)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
301	D.M. Smith Elementary	Public	3-6	715 Martin Luther King Dr	Cleveland	38732	Bolivar County	Cleveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 843-4355	233	18	12.7	99.6%	1 (0.4%)	218 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.2%)	$13,039							24.9	11.8	360	59		280075001476
302	Mt. Olive Attendance Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	301 South 4th Street	Mount Olive	39119	Covington County	Covington County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 797-3939	282	35	8.1	98.9%	78 (27.7%)	174 (61.7%)	3 (1.1%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.1%)	$17,981							24.9	26.1	301	1		280129000181
303	Hazlehurst Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	112 Marvin Minor Drive	Hazlehurst	39083	Copiah County	Hazlehurst City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 894-3960	643	37	17.5	99.5%	10 (1.6%)	474 (73.7%)	136 (21.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (3.0%)	$11,635							24.9	26.4	299	4		280183001464
304	South Perry Elementary School	Public	K-5	1300 Beaumont	Beaumont	39423	Perry County	Perry County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 784-3393	234	19	12	88.0%	113 (48.3%)	75 (32.1%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (18.4%)	$13,890							24.3	45.4	218	86		280357000687
305	Ambition Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	5331 Clinton Blvd.	Jackson	39209	Hinds County	Ambition Preparatory Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(601) 487-1658	563	27	20.8	100.0%	4 (0.7%)	483 (85.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (13.3%)	$12,519							24.3	19.9	333	28		280019701510
306	Walls Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6131 Elias Johnson Jr. Drive	Walls	38680	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 781-1280	722	48	15	69.0%	198 (27.4%)	369 (51.1%)	119 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	33 (4.6%)	$10,797							24	38	253	53		280132000198
307	Linwood School	Public	PK, KG-5	3439 Vaughan Road	Vaughan	39179	Yazoo County	Yazoo County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 673-9191	178	13	13.3	98.3%	10 (5.6%)	161 (90.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	$18,429							24	25.7	302	5		280480000893
308	South Side Elementary School	Public	3-4	237 Louis Odneal Road	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 495-6216	337	28	12	87.8%	37 (11.0%)	290 (86.1%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$12,504							23.7	41	244	64		280019101449
309	Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School	Public	4-6	1147 North Clark Street	Magnolia	39652	Pike County	South Pike School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(601) 783-2231	236	16	14.5	98.7%	22 (9.3%)	201 (85.2%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)	$11,149							23.5	34.1	263	46		280408000769
310	R.H. Bearden Elementary	Public	K-6	6442 Friendship Road West	Sumner	38957	Tallahatchie County	West Tallahatchie School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 375-8304	251	12	20.9	98.8%	3 (1.2%)	238 (94.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$18,177							23.3	16.2	344	34		280465000872

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MAAP English Language Arts, MAAP Mathematics, MAAP Science test scores released by the Mississippi Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 21, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Mississippi Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Mississippi Department of Education.
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