Mississippi State, MS schools
Mississippi State’s public schools score below Mississippi’s averages: 33% of students are proficient in reading against 34.8% statewide, and 83% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.8%. Kids attend Sudduth Elementary School or West Elementary School through grade 5, then Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary School or West Elementary School, SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School and Starkville High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Mississippi State’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Mississippi State’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Mississippi’s districts on state tests and graduation.
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.
Where Mississippi State kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Below the state in reading
83% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #76 of 93 MS towns →
The district serving Mississippi State
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Mississippi State is home to Mississippi State University
More about Mississippi State University →All 1 school in Mississippi State
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Mississippi State kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Mississippi State’s district that are located in Starkville and Sturgis. Which one depends on your address.