In Mississippi, 37.1% of Black students are proficient in English at the typical school — against 58.4% of White students. Within Jackson Public Schools alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 74 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Mississippi schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Mississippi school. Groups are shown wherever Mississippi reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from MDE Report Card 2024-25, measuring proficient in English & Math · All grades. Across 142 districts, 928 Mississippi schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Mississippi school the picture is black students at 40.7%, hispanic students at 50.7%, white students at 61.6% and asian students at 79.8%. That is a 39.1-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
An A means 80% or more of Black students are proficient. Of 780 schools with at least 25 Black student results, two clear it: Barack H Obama Elementary School in Jackson at 83.3%, and Laurel Magnet School of the Arts at 82.8%.
Barack H Obama Elementary School reaches 83.3%. Peeples Middle School, in the same district, sits at 9.0%. Across 35 schools in one district, a child's address decides which end they land on.
Eastside Elementary in Clinton reaches 73.7% across 378 Black student results — the strongest result in the state at real scale. In the state with the highest Black student share in the country, these schools are proof the ceiling is not fixed.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack H Obama Elementary SchoolJackson Public School District | 83.6% | 83.3% | — | — | — |
| Laurel Magnet School of the ArtsLaurel School District Magnet | 83% | 82.8% | — | — | — |
| Luther Branson SchoolMadison County School District | 75% | 78.4% | — | — | — |
| Ackerman ElementaryChoctaw County School District | 84.3% | 77.7% | — | 87.7% | — |
| Bayou View Elementary SchoolGulfport School District | 89% | 77.7% | 79.2% | 91.8% | 90.9% |
| Mannsdale Upper ElementaryMadison County School District | 83.6% | 75.9% | 75% | 85.9% | 93.2% |
| Madison Station Elementary SchoolMadison County School District | 86.6% | 75% | — | 89.2% | 87.7% |
| Eastside ElementaryClinton Public School District | 79.1% | 73.7% | 60.9% | 90.6% | 75% |
| Lyman Elementary SchoolHarrison County School District | 77.1% | 73.3% | 59.4% | 79.6% | — |
| Lewisburg High SchoolDesoto County School District | 82% | 72.2% | 74.7% | 83.8% | — |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booker T Washington Intern. StudiesClarksdale Municipal School District | 17.1% | 8.7% | — | — | — |
| Peeples Middle SchoolJackson Public School District | 9.4% | 9% | 13.6% | — | — |
| Amanda Elzy Junior High SchoolGreenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District | 11.6% | 10.9% | — | — | — |
| Powell Middle SchoolJackson Public School District | 11.8% | 11.4% | 18.4% | — | — |
| Cardozo Middle SchoolJackson Public School District | 12.1% | 12% | 4.5% | — | — |
| Blackburn Middle SchoolJackson Public School District | 13% | 13% | — | — | — |
| Isable Elementary SchoolJackson Public School District | 14.2% | 13.4% | — | — | — |
| O M Mc Nair Middle SchoolHumphreys County School District | 15.3% | 14.4% | — | — | — |
| Bettie E Woolfolk Middle SchoolYazoo City Municipal School District | 14.8% | 14.5% | — | — | — |
| Coleman Middle SchoolGreenville Public School District | 14.8% | 14.5% | — | — | — |
In Jackson Public School District, Barack H Obama Elementary School reports 83.3% of Black students meeting the standard. Peeples Middle School, in the same district, reports 9%. That is a 74.3-point spread across 35 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.