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Runnelstown, MS schools

Runnelstown’s public schools score well below Mississippi’s averages: 27% of students are proficient in reading against 34.8% statewide, and 82% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.8%. Kids attend Runnelstown School through grade 5, then Perry Central Middle School and Perry Central High School.

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

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Runnelstown’s School Grade: C

The public schools Runnelstown’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 72% of Mississippi’s districts on state tests and graduation.

C+Test scoresDGraduation
Mississippi school districts we grade (148)Better than 28%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 547 tested students and a graduating class of 69; 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 Runnelstown kids go to school

Grades K–5
B-Runnelstown School 173 students · Petal Perry County Schools
Grades 6–8
C+Perry Central Middle School 178 students · New Augusta Perry County Schools
Grades 9–12
C+Perry Central High School 262 students · New Augusta Perry County Schools

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 K–12, Perry County)27%
State average 34.8%
Math (grades K–12, Perry County)22%
State average 35.3%
Graduation · class of 2020

82% graduate on time

Graduation rate
82%
MS: 87.8%
Graduating class
69
students

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

Districts

The district serving Runnelstown

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

Within reach

Colleges near Runnelstown

There’s no college in Runnelstown, but 4 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is William Carey University in Hattiesburg, 11.6 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Runnelstown. 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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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Also serving Runnelstown

Schools Runnelstown kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Runnelstown’s district that are located in New Augusta.

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