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Towns with the best schools in Mississippi

Ranked by our Schools score out of 100, which is based on how many high-school students take AP, IB or college classes, how many students miss a lot of school, the graduation rate and class size, for the public schools in the town. Of the 130 towns in Mississippi with 1,000 or more people, these are the top 25.

Petal ranks first with a score of 71. Flowood and Pelahatchie follow, with 71 and 69. Scores compare each town with all 27,850 towns we track across the US.

RankTownScore High-school students in AP or IB classesHigh-school students taking college classes Population
1 Petal 71 19.6%13.9% 11,294
2 Flowood 71 22.1%15.4% 10,587
3 Pelahatchie 69 16.9%14.5% 1,423
4 Pass Christian 68 11.7%19.5% 6,097
5 Madison 65 28.5%8.5% 27,946
6 Newton 64 8.2%26.1% 3,116
7 Pearl 63 29.9%12.2% 27,737
8 Leland 63 7.9%10.3% 3,777
9 Bay Springs 62 9.7%13.8% 1,855
10 Oxford 61 24.5%11.9% 26,411
11 Caledonia 60 3.9%15.3% 1,414
12 Wesson 60 7.2%18.3% 2,250
13 Taylorsville 59 12.4%15.2% 1,650
14 Belzoni 59 67.0%6.2% 1,306
15 Brandon 59 20.0%0.0% 25,542
16 Hollandale 58 27.1%10.9% 2,378
17 Long Beach 57 14.4%16.1% 17,009
18 Bruce 57 0.0%37.4% 1,483
19 Florence 56 3.1%11.5% 4,696
20 Hernando 56 22.9%22.8% 17,949
21 Raleigh 55 11.2%11.5% 1,118
22 Ellisville 55 19.9%12.0% 4,521
23 Water Valley 55 28.8%10.8% 3,376
24 Okolona 54 0.0%22.3% 2,430
25 Richton 54 0.0%16.9% 1,220

This is not a test-score ranking, and graduation rates are from 2018 or 2019. Only towns with a high school of their own are listed, and a town does not show up when its students go to school elsewhere. Only towns with 1,000 or more people are ranked. Scores compare each town with all towns we track. See how we score towns and where the figures come from. These are estimates, so check official sources before you decide.

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