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Aberdeen, MS schools

Aberdeen’s public schools score well below Mississippi’s averages: 19% of students are proficient in reading against 34.8% statewide, and 82% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.8%. Kids attend Aberdeen Elementary through grade 4, then Belle-Shivers Middle School and Aberdeen High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C-School Grade #81Best schools in MS (of 92)#78Highest graduation rate in MS (of 93)

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Aberdeen’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Aberdeen’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 79% of Mississippi’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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Mississippi school districts we grade (148)Better than 21%

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Mississippi towns with similar household incomes (100)Better than 27%

High confidence. Built on 581 tested students and a graduating class of 67; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Mississippi’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Mississippi only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Mississippi with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.