Best School Districts in Mississippi

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Rank (of 130)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
108^th	Aberdeen School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Aberdeen	Monroe County	0.214	75	33
34^th	Alcorn School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	5	0	Corinth	Alcorn County	0.653	42	8
118^th	Ambition Preparatory Charter School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.146	123	5
63^rd	Amite County School District	K-12	1	1	2	0	Liberty	Amite County	0.463	86	23
25^th	Amory School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Amory	Monroe County	0.7	26	1
29^th	Attala County School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	0	Kosciusko	Attala County	0.666	36	7
78^th	Baldwyn School District	K-12	1	0	2	0	Baldwyn	Lee County	0.384	57	21
4^th	Bay St Louis Waveland School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bay Saint Louis	Hancock County	0.879	5	1
85^th	Benton County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	1	Ashland	Benton County	0.342	76	9
20^th	Biloxi Public School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	1	Biloxi	Harrison County	0.751	14	6
	Bogue Chitto Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County			(n/a)
14^th	Booneville School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Booneville	Prentiss County	0.78	13	1
74^th	Brookhaven School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	1	Brookhaven	Lincoln County	0.396	79	5
62^nd	Calhoun County School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	1	Pittsboro	Calhoun County	0.477	58	4
100^th	Canton Public School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	2	Canton	Madison County	0.255	89	11
104^th	Carroll County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Carrollton	Carroll County	0.236	93	11
53^rd	Chickasaw County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	3	1	Houston	Chickasaw County	0.547	44	9
	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)
30^th	Choctaw County School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	2	0	Ackerman	Choctaw County	0.666	33	3
109^th	Claiborne County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Port Gibson	Claiborne County	0.213	105	4
119^th	Clarksdale Collegiate District	K-7	1	0	0	0	Clarksdale	Coahoma County	0.139		(n/a)
128^th	Clarksdale Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	1	Clarksdale	Coahoma County	0.032	125	3
92^nd	Cleveland School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	0	Cleveland	Bolivar County	0.3	107	15
	Clinton Public School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	2	Clinton	Hinds County			(n/a)
112^th	Coahoma County School District	K-12	3	0	1	0	Clarksdale	Coahoma County	0.192	112
79^th	Coffeeville School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Coffeeville	Yalobusha County	0.368	101	22
52^nd	Columbia School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Columbia	Marion County	0.547	41	11
113^th	Columbus Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	1	Columbus	Lowndes County	0.189	113
	Conehatta Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Conehatta	Newton County			(n/a)
59^th	Copiah County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Hazlehurst	Copiah County	0.497	72	13
73^rd	Corinth School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Corinth	Alcorn County	0.4	63	10
70^th	Covington County School District	K-12	3	1	3	2	Collins	Covington County	0.406	73	3
33^rd	Desoto County School District	PK, KG-12	23	8	10	1	Hernando	DeSoto County	0.654	34	1
66^th	East Jasper Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Heidelberg	Jasper County	0.432	54	12
121^st	East Tallahatchie Consol School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Charleston	Tallahatchie County	0.136	115	6
5^th	Enterprise School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Enterprise	Clarke County	0.877	3	2
114^th	Forest Municipal School District	K-12	1	1	1	0	Forest	Scott County	0.184	106	8
55^th	Forrest County Ag High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Brooklyn	Forrest County	0.539	65	10
40^th	Forrest County School District	PK, KG-12	5	0	1	0	Hattiesburg	Forrest County	0.621	45	5
	Franklin County School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	2	0	Meadville	Franklin County			(n/a)
31^st	George County School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	0	Lucedale	George County	0.661	40	9
32^nd	Greene County School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Leakesville	Greene County	0.659	21	11
124^th	Greenville Public Schools	PK, KG-12	8	3	2	0	Greenville	Washington County	0.088	109	15
123^rd	Greenwood-Leflore Cons School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	2	Greenwood	Leflore County	0.09	121	2
9^th	Grenada School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Grenada	Grenada County	0.82	8	1
41^st	Gulfport School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	1	Gulfport	Harrison County	0.614	38	3
7^th	Hancock County School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Kiln	Hancock County	0.838	7
16^th	Harrison County School District	K-12	15	3	5	0	Gulfport	Harrison County	0.774	16
42^nd	Hattiesburg Public School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Hattiesburg	Forrest County	0.609	43	1
102^nd	Hazlehurst City School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hazlehurst	Copiah County	0.247	91	11
75^th	Hinds County School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	4	0	Raymond	Hinds County	0.393	69	6
90^th	Hollandale School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Hollandale	Washington County	0.315	80	10
	Holly Springs School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	2	0	Holly Springs	Marshall County			(n/a)
120^th	Holmes County Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Lexington	Holmes County	0.137	120
127^th	Humphreys County School District	K-12	1	1	2	0	Belzoni	Humphreys County	0.054	122	5
	Instant Impact Global Prep	K-2	1	0	0	0	Natchez	Adams County			(n/a)
36^th	Itawamba County School District	K-12	3	0	2	3	Fulton	Itawamba County	0.641	37	1
6^th	Jackson County School District	PK, KG-12	7	3	4	0	Vancleave	Jackson County	0.843	6
110^th	Jackson Public School District	PK, KG-12	31	9	9	3	Jackson	Hinds County	0.208	98	12
111^th	Jefferson County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	Fayette	Jefferson County	0.205	94	17
76^th	Jefferson Davis County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Prentiss	Jefferson Davis County	0.391	92	16
126^th	Joel E Smilow Collegiate	K-4	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.085	127	1
101^st	Joel E. Smillow Prep	5-8	0	1	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.254	114	13
39^th	Jones County School District	PK, KG-12	6	0	4	1	Ellisville	Jones County	0.627	47	8
	Kemper County School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	2	0	De Kalb	Kemper County			(n/a)
54^th	Kosciusko School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Kosciusko	Attala County	0.546	60	6
11^th	Lafayette County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Oxford	Lafayette County	0.806	15	4
23^rd	Lamar County School District	PK, KG-12	8	3	5	1	Purvis	Lamar County	0.714	32	9
24^th	Lauderdale County School District	PK, KG-12	4	3	5	0	Meridian	Lauderdale County	0.705	25	1
87^th	Laurel School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	1	Laurel	Jones County	0.336	85	2
84^th	Lawrence County School District	K-12	3	1	2	0	Monticello	Lawrence County	0.349	70	14
103^rd	Leake County School District	K-12	2	1	3	0	Carthage	Leake County	0.245	99	4
65^th	Lee County School District	PK, KG-12	6	4	4	1	Tupelo	Lee County	0.439	68	3
116^th	Leflore Legacy Academy	6-8	0	1	0	0	Greenwood	Leflore County	0.163	126	10
94^th	Leland School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Leland	Washington County	0.29	104	10
	Lincoln County School District	K-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)
56^th	Louisville Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	2	Louisville	Winston County	0.534	50	6
46^th	Lowndes County School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	4	1	Columbus	Lowndes County	0.595	48	2
17^th	Madison County School District	PK, KG-12	11	4	5	2	Ridgeland	Madison County	0.767	20	3
68^th	Marion County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	3	0	Columbia	Marion County	0.419	74	6
98^th	Marshall County School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	4	1	Holly Springs	Marshall County	0.279	96	2
	McComb School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	3	0	McComb	Pike County			(n/a)
	Mdhs Division Of Youth Services	4-12	0	0	0	1	Raymond	Hinds County			(n/a)
117^th	Meridian Public Schools	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	1	Meridian	Lauderdale County	0.161	116	1
125^th	Midtown Public Charter School	4-8	0	1	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.086	128	3
	Mississippi Schls For The Deaf And The Blind	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Jackson	Hinds County			(n/a)
1^st	Mississippi School For Math And Science	11-12	0	0	1	0	Columbus	Lowndes County	0.996	1
	Mississippi School For The Arts	11-12	0	0	1	0	Brookhaven	Lincoln County			(n/a)
	Monroe County School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	2	3	Amory	Monroe County			(n/a)
86^th	Moss Point Separate School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Moss Point	Jackson County	0.338	103	17
99^th	Natchez-Adams School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	4	0	Natchez	Adams County	0.271		(n/a)
10^th	Neshoba County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County	0.807	10
	Nettleton School District	K-12	1	2	1	0	Nettleton	Itawamba County			(n/a)
19^th	New Albany Public Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	New Albany	Union County	0.757	23	4
15^th	Newton County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	2	Decatur	Newton County	0.779	12	3
96^th	Newton Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Newton	Newton County	0.282	84	12
106^th	North Bolivar Cons School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Mound Bayou	Bolivar County	0.235	111	5
	North Panola School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Sardis	Panola County			(n/a)
51^st	North Pike School District	K-12	1	2	2	0	Summit	Pike County	0.556	64	13
50^th	North Tippah School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	2	Falkner	Tippah County	0.558	49	1
	Noxubee County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Macon	Noxubee County			(n/a)
	Ocean Springs School District	K-12	3	2	2	0	Ocean Springs	Jackson County			(n/a)
93^rd	Okolona Separate School District	K-12	1	1	2	0	Okolona	Chickasaw County	0.295	102	9
13^th	Oxford School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Oxford	Lafayette County	0.792	22	9
38^th	Pascagoula-Gautier School District	PK, KG-12	10	4	3	2	Pascagoula	Jackson County	0.628	35	3
8^th	Pass Christian Public School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Pass Christian	Harrison County	0.825	11	3
44^th	Pearl Public School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Pearl	Rankin County	0.599	31	13
27^th	Pearl River County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Carriere	Pearl River County	0.684	27
	Pearl River Elementary School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Choctaw	Neshoba County			(n/a)
81^st	Perry County School District	K-12	2	1	3	0	New Augusta	Perry County	0.365	77	4
2^nd	Petal School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Petal	Forrest County	0.92	2
91^st	Philadelphia Public School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County	0.303	108	17
58^th	Picayune School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	3	0	Picayune	Pearl River County	0.506	71	13
28^th	Pontotoc City Schools	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Pontotoc	Pontotoc County	0.668	29	1
26^th	Pontotoc County School District	K-12	2	3	4	0	Pontotoc	Pontotoc County	0.695	24	2
18^th	Poplarville Separate School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Poplarville	Pearl River County	0.759	18
35^th	Prentiss County School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	3	Booneville	Prentiss County	0.651	19	16
72^nd	Quitman County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Marks	Quitman County	0.401	82	10
89^th	Quitman School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Quitman	Clarke County	0.316	100	11
22^nd	Rankin County School District	PK, KG-12	16	3	8	1	Brandon	Rankin County	0.735	9	13
	Red Water Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Carthage	Leake County			(n/a)
107^th	Reimagine Prep	5-8	0	1	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County	0.231	119	12
	Revive	K-2	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Hinds County			(n/a)
43^rd	Richton School District	K-12	1	0	1	0	Richton	Perry County	0.608	52	9
60^th	Scott County School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	2	Forest	Scott County	0.493	62	2
57^th	Senatobia Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Senatobia	Tate County	0.513	56	1
95^th	Simpson County School District	K-12	3	2	3	1	Mendenhall	Simpson County	0.285	97	2
61^st	Smith County School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	3	Raleigh	Smith County	0.486	55	6
122^nd	South Delta School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Rolling Fork	Sharkey County	0.126	117	5
47^th	South Panola School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Batesville	Panola County	0.583	51	4
	South Pike School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	0	Magnolia	Pike County			(n/a)
37^th	South Tippah School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	2	Ripley	Tippah County	0.641	39	2
	Sr1 College Prep & Stem Academy	K-1	1	0	0	0	Canton	Madison County			(n/a)
	Standing Pine Elementary School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Carthage	Leake County			(n/a)
64^th	Starkville- Oktibbeha Cons District	PK, KG-12	3	3	3	0	Starkville	Oktibbeha County	0.453		(n/a)
12^th	Stone County School District	K-12	2	1	2	0	Wiggins	Stone County	0.804	17	5
88^th	Sunflower City Cons School District	PK, KG-12	5	4	3	1	Indianola	Sunflower County	0.322	87	1
82^nd	Tate County School District	K-12	3	0	3	0	Coldwater	Tate County	0.359	83	1
49^th	Tishomingo County Sp Mun School District	K-12	3	1	3	1	Iuka	Tishomingo County	0.566	46	3
	Tucker Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Philadelphia	Neshoba County			(n/a)
69^th	Tunica County School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	0	Tunica	Tunica County	0.414	88	19
45^th	Tupelo Public School District	PK, KG-12	9	2	2	1	Tupelo	Lee County	0.597	30	15
	Union County School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	4	New Albany	Union County			(n/a)
3^rd	Union Public School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Union	Neshoba County	0.9	4	1
71^st	Vicksburg Warren School District	PK, KG-12	10	2	4	0	Vicksburg	Warren County	0.405	67	4
	Walthall County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Tylertown	Walthall County			(n/a)
67^th	Water Valley School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Water Valley	Yalobusha County	0.423	59	8
83^rd	Wayne County School District	PK, KG-12	5	0	3	0	Waynesboro	Wayne County	0.356	61	22
21^st	Webster County School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	0	Eupora	Webster County	0.749	28	7
	West Bolivar Cons School District	K-12	2	0	3	0	Rosedale	Bolivar County			(n/a)
48^th	West Jasper Consolidated Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Bay Springs	Jasper County	0.568	53	5
77^th	West Point Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	1	West Point	Clay County	0.388	81	4
115^th	West Tallahatchie School District	K-12	1	0	2	0	Sumner	Tallahatchie County	0.168	118	3
105^th	Western Line School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Avon	Washington County	0.236	95	10
130^th	Wilkinson County School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Woodville	Wilkinson County	0.024	124	6
80^th	Winona-Montgomery Consolidated	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Winona	Montgomery County	0.367	90	10
129^th	Yazoo City Municipal School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	1	Yazoo City	Yazoo County	0.025	130	1
97^th	Yazoo County School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Yazoo City	Yazoo County	0.279	110	13

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