Mississippi releases letter grades for schools and districts

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released its accountability grades for the 2025-26 school year.

Each year, MDE awards letter grades to school districts and schools based on performance.

These grades help educators and parents know how well their school districts and schools are performing.

• A grade – 31 school districts (20.9%)
• B grade – 44 school districts (29.7%)
• C grade – 47 school districts (31.8%)
• D grade – 21 school districts (14.2%)
• F grade – 3 school districts (2.0%)
• N/A - 2 school districts (1.4%)

These grades are the first issued under higher standards and cannot be compared to previous years’ grades. Open this link to learn more about the change.

Local School Districts

• Aberdeen School District – C
• Alcorn School District – B
• Amory School District – B
• Attala County School District – B
• Baldwyn School District – C
• Benton County School District – B
• Booneville School District – B
• Calhoun County School District – B
• Carroll County School District – D
• Chickasaw County School District – B
• Choctaw County School District – B
• Coffeeville School District – C
• Columbus Municipal School District – D
• Corinth School District – N/A
• Grenada School District – A
• Itawamba County School District – B
• Kosciusko School District – B
• Lafayette County School District – A
• Lee County School District – C
• Louisville Municipal School District – B
• Lowndes County School District – B
• Monroe County School District – A
• Nettleton School District – C
• New Albany Public School District – A
• North Tippah School District – B
• Noxubee County School District – C
• Okolona Separate School District – C
• Oxford School District – A
• Pontotoc City School District – B
• Pontotoc County School District – B
• Prentiss County School District – A
• South Tippah School District – B
• Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District – A
• Tishomingo County School District – B
• Tupelo Public School District – B
• Union County School District – A
• Water Valley School District – C
• Webster County School District – B
• West Point Consolidated School District – C
• Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District – D

Open this link to view all district and school grades.

Open this link to view past grades.