Best Cities in Mississippi for Schools

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Rank (of 201)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Hernando	3	2	1	1	2	0.954	1
2^nd	Madison	5	2	3	1	4	0.938	2
3^rd	New Site	0	0	1	0	0	0.93	6	3
4^th	Long Beach	2	2	1	0	2	0.926	3	1
5^th	French Camp	1	0	0	0	1	0.926	16	11
6^th	Vancleave	2	1	2	0	0	0.925	13	7
7^th	Caledonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.923	7
8^th	Sumrall	1	1	1	0	3	0.914	9	1
9^th	Saucier	2	0	0	0	0	0.914	5	4
10^th	Mc Cool	1	0	0	0	0	0.908	23	13
11^th	Mathiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.903	14	3
12^th	Union	1	1	1	0	1	0.9	12
13^th	Osyka	1	0	0	0	0	0.897	20	7
14^th	Kiln	2	1	2	0	0	0.895	8	6
15^th	Bay St Louis	1	0	1	0	4	0.882	10	5
16^th	Enterprise	1	1	1	0	0	0.877	11	5
17^th	Collinsville	0	1	1	0	0	0.854	4	13
18^th	Ocean Springs	5	3	3	0	4	0.848	18
19^th	Flowood	2	1	1	0	1	0.846	17	2
20^th	Brandon	7	1	2	1	3	0.845	15	5
21^st	Biloxi	9	2	3	1	5	0.838	19	2
22^nd	Pass Christian	3	1	1	0	0	0.837	22
23^rd	Wiggins	1	1	2	0	1	0.83	43	20
24^th	Grenada	1	1	3	0	1	0.82	27	3
25^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.808	35	10
26^th	Diberville	1	1	0	0	1	0.802	36	10
27^th	Oxford	5	3	3	0	4	0.799	37	10
28^th	Petal	3	2	1	0	1	0.79	25	3
29^th	Brooklyn	1	0	1	0	0	0.787	58	29
30^th	Decatur	1	0	1	2	1	0.779	31	1
31^st	New Albany	1	1	2	2	1	0.77	26	5
32^nd	Maben	0	0	2	0	0	0.769	39	7
33^rd	Poplarville	2	1	2	0	0	0.759	38	5
34^th	Redwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.759	28	6
35^th	Olive Branch	9	2	4	0	3	0.757	30	5
36^th	Boyle	1	0	0	0	0	0.746		(n/a)
37^th	Bay Saint Louis	1	1	0	0	0	0.744	59	22
38^th	Florence	3	1	2	0	1	0.743	32	6
39^th	Mooreville	1	1	1	0	0	0.737	34	5
40^th	Perkinston	1	0	0	0	0	0.723	21	19
41^st	Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.717	48	7
42^nd	Amory	2	1	3	1	1	0.711	54	12
43^rd	Purvis	2	1	2	1	1	0.71	41	2
44^th	Ecru	1	2	1	0	0	0.708	46	2
45^th	Ethel	0	0	1	0	0	0.707	29	16
46^th	Moselle	1	0	0	0	0	0.705	67	21
47^th	Leakesville	1	1	2	0	0	0.694	42	5
48^th	Fulton	2	0	2	1	0	0.694	63	15
49^th	Ellisville	1	0	1	1	1	0.689	65	16
50^th	Puckett	1	0	1	0	0	0.686	24	26
51^st	Carriere	1	1	2	0	0	0.684	49	2
52^nd	Eupora	1	0	2	0	1	0.684	82	30
53^rd	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	106	53
54^th	Pontotoc	3	3	4	0	1	0.675	47	7
55^th	Ripley	1	1	2	1	0	0.672	45	10
56^th	Glen	1	1	1	0	0	0.665	74	18
57^th	Seminary	1	1	1	0	1	0.664	73	16
58^th	Guntown	0	1	0	0	0	0.663	84	26
59^th	Lucedale	5	2	2	0	0	0.661	69	10
60^th	Gautier	3	2	1	0	0	0.639	50	10
61^st	Booneville	2	1	3	3	0	0.637	44	17
62^nd	Gulfport	14	4	6	1	4	0.634	57	5
63^rd	Raleigh	1	0	2	1	0	0.633	71	8
64^th	Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	72	8
65^th	Merigold	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	40	25
66^th	Hattiesburg	13	3	3	1	8	0.628	66
67^th	Iuka	1	1	1	0	0	0.626	55	12
68^th	Pascagoula	7	2	2	2	3	0.621	60	8
69^th	Lake Cormorant	1	1	1	0	1	0.621	70	1
70^th	Walnut	1	0	0	1	0	0.612	61	9
71^st	Richton	2	0	1	0	0	0.608	87	16
72^nd	Moss Point	4	2	3	1	0	0.607	80	8
73^rd	Richland	2	0	1	0	0	0.607	68	5
74^th	Pearl	3	1	1	0	2	0.599	56	18
75^th	Tupelo	8	2	3	1	7	0.597	53	22
76^th	Houston	2	1	3	0	0	0.596	64	12
77^th	Corinth	3	2	5	0	2	0.586	75	2
78^th	Lambert	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	134	56
79^th	Ackerman	1	0	2	0	0	0.574	51	28
80^th	Golden	1	0	0	0	0	0.572	52	28
81^st	Flora	1	0	0	0	1	0.559	141	60
82^nd	Louisville	2	1	2	1	2	0.558	85	3
83^rd	Sallis	1	0	1	0	0	0.558	97	14
84^th	Dundee	1	0	0	0	0	0.556	151	67
85^th	Philadelphia	4	1	2	0	0	0.555	92	7
86^th	Picayune	6	1	3	0	5	0.552	99	13
87^th	Southaven	6	2	3	0	3	0.551	86	1
88^th	Batesville	3	1	1	0	1	0.551	93	5
89^th	Bruce	1	0	1	0	0	0.546	62	27
90^th	Kosciusko	3	1	2	1	1	0.546	95	5
91^st	Camden	1	0	1	0	0	0.545	78	13
92^nd	Tishomingo	1	0	2	0	0	0.542	79	13
93^rd	Saltillo	2	0	1	0	0	0.538	76	17
94^th	Lumberton	2	0	1	0	2	0.529	113	19
95^th	Bassfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.528	120	25
96^th	Pinola	1	0	0	0	0	0.527	101	5
97^th	Senatobia	1	1	1	1	1	0.513	89	8
98^th	Laurel	7	2	5	1	3	0.509	98
99^th	Cedarbluff	2	0	0	0	0	0.503	83	16
100^th	Summit	2	2	2	0	1	0.496	107	7
101^st	Duncan	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	121	20
102^nd	Foxworth	1	1	1	0	1	0.473	91	11
103^rd	Raymond	1	0	3	1	1	0.464	81	22
104^th	Liberty	1	1	2	0	1	0.463	136	32
105^th	Robinsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.462	116	11
106^th	Drew	1	1	0	0	1	0.461	130	24
107^th	Columbia	3	1	3	0	2	0.456	104	3
108^th	Ridgeland	2	1	1	0	4	0.447	109	1
109^th	Meridian	9	4	6	1	4	0.446	112	3
110^th	Utica	1	0	0	0	0	0.441	111	1
111^th	Beaumont	1	0	0	0	0	0.441	137	26
112^th	Canton	7	3	2	1	1	0.437	105	7
113^th	Heidelberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.432	88	25
114^th	Buckatunna	1	0	0	0	0	0.424	33	81
115^th	Pelahatchie	1	0	1	0	0	0.423	77	38
116^th	Water Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.423	94	22
117^th	Tylertown	2	1	2	1	0	0.411	129	12
118^th	Sarah	1	0	1	0	0	0.39	96	22
119^th	Baldwyn	1	0	2	0	0	0.384	90	29
120^th	Potts Camp	1	0	1	0	0	0.381	150	30
121^st	Sturgis	2	0	0	0	0	0.379	108	13
122^nd	Byram	2	0	0	0	2	0.377		(n/a)
123^rd	Monticello	2	1	2	0	0	0.376	103	20
124^th	Vicksburg	9	2	4	0	5	0.373	110	14
125^th	Coffeeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.368	156	31
126^th	Winona	1	0	2	0	1	0.367	143	17
127^th	Bay Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.359	117	10
128^th	Magnolia	1	2	3	0	0	0.351	163	35
129^th	Walls	1	0	0	0	1	0.351	125	4
130^th	Tunica	1	1	3	0	1	0.35	145	15
131^st	Columbus	7	2	6	2	3	0.35	140	9
132^nd	Meadville	1	2	2	0	0	0.347	100	32
133^rd	Waynesboro	4	0	3	0	0	0.341	114	19
134^th	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.337	115	19
135^th	Coldwater	2	0	2	0	0	0.335	153	18
136^th	Terry	0	1	1	0	0	0.333	119	17
137^th	Bentonia	1	0	0	0	0	0.323	131	6
138^th	Prentiss	1	1	0	0	2	0.322	179	41
139^th	Collins	2	0	2	1	0	0.321	139
140^th	Quitman	2	1	2	1	0	0.316	155	15
141^st	Marks	0	1	2	0	1	0.315	124	17
142^nd	Hollandale	1	1	1	1	0	0.315	122	20
143^rd	Calhoun City	1	0	2	0	1	0.313	127	16
144^th	New Augusta	0	1	3	0	0	0.311	135	9
145^th	Bolton	1	0	0	0	0	0.309	126	19
146^th	Indianola	1	2	2	1	2	0.307	123	23
147^th	Okolona	1	1	2	0	0	0.295	159	12
148^th	Forest	1	1	2	1	0	0.294	146	2
149^th	Ruleville	1	1	1	0	0	0.294	138	11
150^th	Walnut Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.292	128	22
151^st	Leland	1	1	2	0	0	0.29	162	11
152^nd	Horn Lake	3	1	1	0	0	0.283	152
153^rd	Newton	1	1	2	0	0	0.282	132	21
154^th	Newhebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.28	133	21
155^th	Jonestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.279	142	13
156^th	Natchez	4	1	4	0	4	0.271		(n/a)
157^th	Mound Bayou	1	0	0	0	0	0.259	167	10
158^th	Hazlehurst	1	1	1	0	0	0.247	144	14
159^th	Anguilla	0	1	0	0	0	0.242	174	15
160^th	Shannon	2	1	1	0	0	0.242	161	1
161^st	North Carrollton	1	0	1	0	0	0.236	148	13
162^nd	Avon	1	0	1	0	0	0.232	160	2
163^rd	Crystal Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.226	176	13
164^th	Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0.226	197	33
165^th	Holly Springs	3	2	4	1	2	0.219	166	1
166^th	Aberdeen	1	1	2	0	0	0.214	118	48
167^th	Port Gibson	1	1	2	0	0	0.213	165	2
168^th	Mendenhall	1	1	2	0	2	0.21	157	11
169^th	Byhalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.205	147	22
170^th	Fayette	1	1	2	1	0	0.205	149	21
171^st	Jackson	33	12	9	5	21	0.201	158	13
172^nd	Carthage	3	1	2	0	1	0.198	170	2
173^rd	Magee	1	1	1	1	1	0.197	172	1
174^th	Webb	0	0	2	0	0	0.193	175	1
175^th	Lyon	1	0	0	0	0	0.187	154	21
176^th	Moorhead	2	0	0	0	0	0.172	168	8
177^th	De Kalb	0	2	2	0	1	0.163	169	8
178^th	Lexington	2	1	2	0	1	0.15	185	7
179^th	Cleveland	4	1	3	0	2	0.145	184	5
180^th	Plantersville	0	1	0	0	0	0.14	171	9
181^st	Charleston	1	1	2	0	1	0.136	178	3
182^nd	Yazoo City	1	2	3	1	1	0.128	188	6
183^rd	Greenville	8	3	3	0	8	0.126	164	19
184^th	Ashland	1	0	2	0	0	0.119	177	7
185^th	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0	0.118	193	8
186^th	Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	0.113	173	13
187^th	Morton	1	1	1	0	0	0.111	180	7
188^th	Durant	1	1	0	0	0	0.108	190	2
189^th	Greenwood	7	3	3	1	4	0.099	182	7
190^th	Shelby	0	0	1	0	0	0.097	183	7
191^st	Clarksdale	4	2	3	0	3	0.093	189	2
192^nd	Macon	1	2	2	0	1	0.092	196	4
193^rd	Friars Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.09	194	1
194^th	Itta Bena	1	0	1	1	0	0.089	192	2
195^th	Rosedale	1	0	2	0	0	0.083	198	3
196^th	Rolling Fork	1	0	2	0	1	0.068	181	15
197^th	Sardis	1	0	1	0	0	0.066	187	10
198^th	Belzoni	1	1	2	0	1	0.054	186	12
199^th	Woodville	1	0	2	0	0	0.027		(n/a)
200^th	Centreville	0	1	0	0	1	0.019	195	5
201^st	Verona	1	0	0	0	0	0.018	191	10

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Mississippi Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, 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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.