Top 100 middle schools in Mississippi (2025)

Schools classified as middle schools by NCES. Ranked by the Success Index (US) from official American data; 100 schools shown.

#	School	Sector	Success Index (US)	Key result	Students
1	Madison Middle School Madison · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	83.4 Top 10%	74% Math proficiency	1,180
2	Lewisburg Middle School Hernando · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	77.4 Top 25%	88% Math proficiency	996
3	Germantown Middle Madison · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	76.1 Top 25%	64% Math proficiency	1,008
4	Hernando Middle School Hernando · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	75.9 Top 25%	82% Math proficiency	1,183
5	Northwest Middle School Flowood · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	72.4 Top 25%	66% Math proficiency	1,352
6	Petal Upper Elementary Petal · Middle · Grades 5–6	Public	71.5 Top 25%	78% Math proficiency	632
7	Brandon Middle School Brandon · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	71.3 Top 25%	70% Math proficiency	1,155
8	Petal Middle School Petal · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	70.9 Top 25%	78% Math proficiency	645
9	Ocean Springs Middle School Ocean Springs · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	70.7 Top 25%	73% Math proficiency	899
10	Ocean Springs Upper Elementary Ocean Springs · Middle · Grades 4–6	Public	70.4 Top 25%	64% Math proficiency	1,284
11	Bailey APAC Middle School Jackson · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	69.6 Top 25%	77% Math proficiency	318
12	Oxford Middle School Oxford · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	69.1 Top 25%	70% Math proficiency	667
13	Caledonia Middle School Caledonia · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	67.8 Top 25%	64% Math proficiency	487
14	Oxford Intermediate School Oxford · Middle · Grades 6–6	Public	67.6 Top 25%	67% Math proficiency	356
15	DeSoto Central Middle School Southaven · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	67.5 Top 50%	74% Math proficiency	1,388
16	Sumrall Middle School Sumrall · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	67.2 Top 50%	68% Math proficiency	484
17	Florence Middle School Florence · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	66.7 Top 50%	64% Math proficiency	556
18	Enterprise Middle School Enterprise · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	65.8 Top 50%	64% Math proficiency	268
19	Lovett Elementary School Clinton · Middle · Grades 6–6	Public	64.8 Top 50%	70% Math proficiency	375
20	Lafayette Middle School Oxford · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	64.5 Top 50%	63% Math proficiency	420
21	Oak Grove Middle School Hattiesburg · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	63.5 Top 50%	69% Math proficiency	1,160
22	East Central Middle School Moss Point · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	63.4 Top 50%	66% Math proficiency	541
23	Clinton Junior High School Clinton · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	63.3 Top 50%	57% Math proficiency	862
24	Center Hill Middle School Olive Branch · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	62.9 Top 50%	72% Math proficiency	757
25	Mooreville Middle School Mooreville · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	62.3 Top 50%	63% Math proficiency	333
26	Pontotoc Jr High School Pontotoc · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	60.0 Top 50%	67% Math proficiency	361
27	R.H. Long Booneville Middle School Booneville · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	60.0 Top 50%	70% Math proficiency	416
28	Northwest Middle School Jackson · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	59.6 Top 50%	68% Math proficiency	242
29	Vancleave Middle School Vancleave · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	59.5 Top 50%	59% Math proficiency	562
30	Harper McCaughan Elementary Long Beach · Middle · Grades 4–6	Public	59.4 Top 50%	56% Math proficiency	622
31	West Lauderdale Middle School Collinsville · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	59.3 Top 50%	55% Math proficiency	537
32	Stone Middle School Wiggins · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	59.1 Top 50%	59% Math proficiency	575
33	Long Beach Middle School Long Beach · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	57.5 Top 50%	63% Math proficiency	475
34	Biloxi Junior High School Biloxi · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	56.4 Top 50%	70% Math proficiency	863
35	New Hope Middle School Columbus · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	56.2 Top 50%	60% Math proficiency	604
36	Guntown Middle School Guntown · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	55.8 Top 50%	58% Math proficiency	674
37	Milam Elementary School Tupelo · Middle · Grades 6–6	Public	55.8 Top 50%	64% Math proficiency	456
38	New Albany Middle School New Albany · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	55.8 Top 50%	57% Math proficiency	470
39	Kossuth Middle School Corinth · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	54.6 Top 50%	53% Math proficiency	374
40	Amory Middle School Amory · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	54.3 Top 50%	60% Math proficiency	348
41	Tupelo Middle School Tupelo · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	54.2 Top 50%	61% Math proficiency	1,070
42	Hancock Middle School Kiln · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	53.4 Top 50%	57% Math proficiency	884
43	Pontotoc Middle School Pontotoc · Middle · Grades 5–6	Public	53.1 Top 50%	49% Math proficiency	316
44	Bayou View Middle Gulfport · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	52.9 Top 50%	70% Math proficiency	827
45	St. Martin Middle School Ocean Springs · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	52.6 Top 50%	54% Math proficiency	946
46	Pearl Jr High School Pearl · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	51.9 Top 50%	55% Math proficiency	944
47	Purvis Middle School Purvis · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	51.7 Top 50%	54% Math proficiency	447
48	SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School Starkville · Middle · Grades 6–7	Public	51.4 Top 50%	65.8% Free/reduced-price lunch	646
49	Iuka Middle School Iuka · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	51.3 Top 50%	53% Math proficiency	333
50	D'Iberville Middle School D'Iberville · Middle · Grades 4–8	Public	50.9 Top 50%	62% Math proficiency	503
51	Neshoba Central Middle School Philadelphia · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	50.7 Top 50%	54% Math proficiency	645
52	Pass Christian Middle School Pass Christian · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	50.0 Top 50%	47% Math proficiency	384
53	Gautier Middle Gautier · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	49.6 Lower 50%	48% Math proficiency	416
54	Franklin Upper Elementary Meadville · Middle · Grades 4–6	Public	49.3 Lower 50%	48% Math proficiency	234
55	Union Middle School Union · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	49.3 Lower 50%	60% Math proficiency	286
56	Grenada Middle School Grenada · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	49.0 Lower 50%	58% Math proficiency	793
57	Middle School Of Poplarville Poplarville · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	48.1 Lower 50%	51% Math proficiency	476
58	Shirley D. Simmons Middle School Canton · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	47.7 Lower 50%	52% Math proficiency	124
59	Pearl River Central Junior High Carriere · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	46.8 Lower 50%	47% Math proficiency	762
60	Singing River Gautier · Middle · Grades 5–6	Public	46.8 Lower 50%	42% Math proficiency	416
61	Biloxi Upper Elementary School Biloxi · Middle · Grades 5–6	Public	46.6 Lower 50%	58% Math proficiency	844
62	Houston Middle School Houston · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	46.5 Lower 50%	78.4% Free/reduced-price lunch	352
63	George County Middle School Lucedale · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	46.4 Lower 50%	52% Math proficiency	618
64	Olive Branch Middle School Olive Branch · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	45.6 Lower 50%	56% Math proficiency	744
65	Southeast Middle School Meridian · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	45.0 Lower 50%	48% Math proficiency	371
66	Kosciusko Jr High School Kosciusko · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	44.8 Lower 50%	48% Math proficiency	472
67	North Pike Upper Elementary School Summit · Middle · Grades 5–6	Public	44.8 Lower 50%	71.6% Free/reduced-price lunch	317
68	North Pontotoc Upper Elem Ecru · Middle · Grades 5–6	Public	44.7 Lower 50%	62% Math proficiency	297
69	Alcorn Central Middle School Glen · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	44.4 Lower 50%	45% Math proficiency	371
70	Lake Cormorant Middle School Lake Cormorant · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	44.0 Lower 50%	58% Math proficiency	707
71	Old Town Middle School Ridgeland · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	43.0 Lower 50%	40% Math proficiency	693
72	Bay Waveland Middle School Bay St. Louis · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	42.5 Lower 50%	43% Math proficiency	365
73	Franklin Middle School Meadville · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	42.1 Lower 50%	42% Math proficiency	157
74	Trent Lott Pascagoula · Middle · Grades 5–6	Public	42.1 Lower 50%	38% Math proficiency	524
75	Orange Grove Elementary Gulfport · Middle · Grades 4–6	Public	41.6 Lower 50%	44% Math proficiency	346
76	Northeast Middle School Meridian · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	40.9 Lower 50%	39% Math proficiency	520
77	William M Colmer Middle Pascagoula · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	40.7 Lower 50%	43% Math proficiency	532
78	Picayune Junior High School Picayune · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	40.3 Lower 50%	49% Math proficiency	465
79	Armstrong Junior High School Starkville · Middle · Grades 8–8	Public	40.2 Lower 50%	38% Math proficiency	358
80	Fifth Street School West Point · Middle · Grades 5–7	Public	39.7 Lower 50%	46% Math proficiency	440
81	Senatobia Middle School Senatobia · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	39.1 Lower 50%	50% Math proficiency	407
82	South Pontotoc Middle School Pontotoc · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	39.1 Lower 50%	51% Math proficiency	379
83	North Pike Junior High Summit · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	38.3 Lower 50%	39% Math proficiency	350
84	Southaven Middle School Southaven · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	38.3 Lower 50%	48% Math proficiency	1,423
85	Corinth Middle School Corinth · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	38.1 Lower 50%	42% Math proficiency	719
86	West Harrison Middle Gulfport · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	38.0 Lower 50%	72.8% Free/reduced-price lunch	650
87	Alexander Junior High Brookhaven · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	36.4 Lower 50%	41% Math proficiency	340
88	Jefferson Middle School Columbia · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	36.3 Lower 50%	35% Math proficiency	329
89	Horn Lake Middle School Horn Lake · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	35.9 Lower 50%	49% Math proficiency	948
90	Heidelberg Jr. High School Heidelberg · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	35.6 Lower 50%	57% Math proficiency	104
91	Ripley Middle School Ripley · Middle · Grades 5–8	Public	35.4 Lower 50%	40% Math proficiency	459
92	Shannon Middle School Shannon · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	33.9 Lower 50%	42% Math proficiency	190
93	N R Burger Middle Hattiesburg · Middle · Grades 7–8	Public	33.3 Lower 50%	42% Math proficiency	525
94	Batesville Junior High School Batesville · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	33.1 Lower 50%	43% Math proficiency	756
95	N H Pilate Middle School Newton · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	32.7 Lower 50%	48% Math proficiency	178
96	Byram Middle School Terry · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	32.5 Lower 50%	41% Math proficiency	785
97	Nettleton Junior High Nettleton · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	32.5 Lower 50%	42% Math proficiency	243
98	Overstreet Elementary School Starkville · Middle · Grades 5–5	Public	32.5 Lower 50%	28% Math proficiency	324
99	Perry Central Middle School New Augusta · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	31.7 Lower 50%	37% Math proficiency	178
100	North Panola Middle School Como · Middle · Grades 6–8	Public	31.6 Lower 50%	48% Math proficiency	243

Madison Middle School in Madison leads the 2025 list of middle schools in Mississippi with a Success Index (US) of 83.4. Of the 100 schools shown, 100 are public.

Scores are percentiles within school type, so a elementary school and a high school with the same score sit at the same point in their own distributions. Use the rankings to build a shortlist, then visit the schools and ask how they support students at your child's level.

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What is the best middle school in Mississippi?

Madison Middle School in Madison ranks first among middle schools in Mississippi with a Success Index (US) of 83.4 out of 100 (Enrollment: 1,180).

How are middle schools in Mississippi ranked?

Each school's Success Index (US) combines 4 factors: math proficiency (30%), reading proficiency (30%), community advantage (fewer free/reduced-price lunch) (25%), students per teacher (15%). Each factor is a percentile against schools of the same type across United States. Schools with fewer than 60 students are excluded from rankings.

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No. They are computed by Success Tutoring from official American data (Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES CCD, EDFacts); NCES Common Core of Data). States set their own assessments and proficiency cut scores, so proficiency rates are most comparable within a state. Use the state rankings for like-for-like comparisons.