Schools · Duncan

Duncan, MS schools

Duncan’s public schools score well below Mississippi’s averages: 13% of students are proficient in reading against 34.8% statewide, and 84% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.8%. Kids attend Casper E Hall through grade 6, then Northside High School.

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

C-School Grade

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Duncan’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Duncan’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Mississippi’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DTest scoresCGraduation

Mississippi school districts we grade (148)Better than 18%

Lower resultsHigher results

Mississippi towns with similar household incomes (159)Better than 11%

High confidence. Built on 512 tested students and a graduating class of 58; 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.

School path

Where Duncan kids go to school

Grades PK–6

DCasper E Hall 194 students · Duncan North Bolivar Consolidated School District

Grades 7–12

DNorthside High School 370 students · Shelby North Bolivar Consolidated School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, North Bolivar Consolidated)13%

State average 34.8%

Math (grades PK–12, North Bolivar Consolidated)6%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

84% graduate on time

Graduation rate

84%

MS: 87.8%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Duncan

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North Bolivar Consolidated School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 749 students

$15,827 per studentMS $12,392C-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Duncan

There’s no college in Duncan, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, 17.9 miles away.

Coahoma Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Clarksdale17.9 mi994 students

Delta State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Cleveland20.5 mi1,857 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Duncan. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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