Aberdeen School District

The Aberdeen School District in Mississippi consists of 3 schools: 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school. The district faces significant challenges in providing quality education to its predominantly African American student population, with all three schools ranking in the bottom half of their respective school types statewide.

Aberdeen High School appears to be the highest performing school in the district, with test scores that outperform the state average in several subjects. In contrast, Aberdeen Elementary School has the lowest statewide ranking and test scores well below the state average, particularly in English Language Arts. All three schools have extremely high rates of free and reduced lunch recipients, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student populations.

The data suggests that addressing the underlying issues, whether they be socioeconomic, resource-related, or instructional, will be crucial for improving outcomes and ensuring all students in the Aberdeen School District have the opportunity to succeed. The differences in performance between the schools also suggest that there may be opportunities to learn from the higher-performing high school and apply successful strategies at the lower-performing elementary and middle school levels.