Independence’s public schools score below 62% of Mississippi districts
The public schools Independence’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 62% of Mississippi’s districts on state tests and graduation.
How Independence compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Mississippi’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Mississippi only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Independence.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Independence
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Independence families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Independence
There’s no college in Independence, but 9 are within 30 miles. The closest is Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, 10.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Independence. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Mississippi. Stars are from neighbors.