Schools · McLain

McLain, MS schools

McLain’s public schools score close to Mississippi’s averages: 34% of students are proficient in reading against 34.8% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.8%. Kids attend Mclain Attendance Center through grade 8, then Greene County High School.

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

B-School Grade

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McLain’s School Grade: B-

The public schools McLain’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 52% of Mississippi’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B-Test scoresC+Graduation

Mississippi school districts we grade (148)Better than 52%

Lower resultsHigher results

Mississippi towns with similar household incomes (74)Better than 73%

High confidence. Built on 915 tested students and a graduating class of 140; 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 McLain kids go to school

Grades K–8

B-Mclain Attendance Center 160 students · McLain Greene County School District

Grades 9–12

B+Greene County High School 446 students · Leakesville Greene County School District

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Greene County)34%

State average 34.8%

Math (grades K–12, Greene County)28%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

87% graduate on time

Graduation rate

87%

MS: 87.8%

Graduating class

140

students

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

Districts

The district serving McLain

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Greene County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,621 students

$12,508 per studentMS $12,392B-

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

Within reach

Colleges near McLain

There’s no college in McLain, but 1 college is within 30 miles. The closest is Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston, 28.9 miles away.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Perkinston28.9 mi6,195 students

Straight-line distance from the center of McLain. 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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