Pearl River, MS schools
Pearl River’s public schools score well above Mississippi’s averages: 46% of students are proficient in reading against 34.8% statewide, and 81% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.8%. Kids attend Neshoba Central Elementary School through grade 5, then Neshoba Central Middle School and Neshoba Central High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Pearl River’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Pearl River’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 70% of Mississippi’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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 Pearl River kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Well above the state in reading
81% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #83 of 93 MS towns →
The district serving Pearl River
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Pearl River
There’s no college in Pearl River, but 1 college is within 30 miles. The closest is East Central Community College in Decatur, 25.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Pearl River. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
All 3 schools in Pearl River
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Pearl River kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Pearl River’s district that are located in Philadelphia.