ACCOUNTABILITY STATUS RANKINGS 2011 - 2012 SCHOOL YEAR BY SCHOOL DISTRICT MS DEPT.

OF EDUCATION DATA

Marshall County DeSoto County

HIGH PERFORMING 182 76.1 ACADEMIC WATCH 140 63.3 ACADEMIC WATCH SUCCESSFUL 139 168 61.7 64.2 Holly Springs South Tippah SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFUL 144 172 77.4 56.8

Alcorn Corinth Benton County North Tippah SUCCESSFUL 178 HIGH PERFORMING
69.3 186 76.1

Tishomingo Co. Booneville HIGH PERFORMING

185 HIGH PERFORMING WHAT THIS MAP SHOWS: 87 191 87.3 Prentiss County This maps shows the new MS Dept. of Education New Albany Baldwyn HIGH PERFORMING SUCCESSFUL ACADEMIC WATCH Accountability Status ratings for each school district 160 180 Union County North Panola 157 that were released Sept. 16, 2011. 78.8 HIGH PERFORMING 82.7 LOW PERFORMING 70.4 Oxford 169 Coahoma County 118 HIGH PERFORMING Lee County 82.1 LOW PERFORMING 51.7 185 The Accountability Status rankings are based SUCCESSFUL Pontotoc City 115 85.9 Itawamba County 162 on 3 primary factors: HIGH PERFORMING South Panola 54.2 Lafayette Co. HIGH PERFORMING Quitman County 66.7 198 ACADEMIC WATCH Tupelo 1. Quality Distribution Index (QDI ) cut scores; SUCCESSFUL 170 LOW PERFORMING Clarksdale 78.7 ACADEMIC WATCH 147 168 76.1 124 2. Whether Growth goals have been met; and Pontotoc County LOW PERFORMING 77.4 162 Nettleton Water Valley 73.1 HIGH PERFORMING 67.5 115 70.9 SUCCESSFUL 3. Graduation and School Completion rates. ACADEMIC WATCH 177 72.1 North Bolivar 158 159 79.1 ACADEMIC WATCH 64 58.9 East Tallahatchie Amory The new standards and benchmarks are Chickasaw County Okolona 145 SUCCESSFUL Calhoun County Coffeeville Separate HIGH PERFORMING SUCCESSFUL 70 134 being phased in over an 8-year period, SUCCESSFUL LOW PERFORMING 182 West Tallahatchie 62.2 Mound Bayou Drew LOW PERFORMING 149 161 127 78.4 Monroe County with benchmarks and standards raised SUCCESSFUL FAILING ACADEMIC WATCH 102 77.5 West Bolivar 76.3 53.6 106 HIGH PERFORMING 89 135 62.3 Aberdeen Houston Separate every two years rather than in every one. ACADEMIC WATCH 78.8 56.5 175 No Rate Grenada ACADEMIC WATCH ACADEMIC WATCH 117 This means that the benchmarks and 81.6 SUCCESSFUL Cleveland 146 123 80.3 172 ACADEMIC WATCH standards will be raised each year 58.2 64.3 Benoit Leflore County Clay County 63.2 146 until Mississippi ratings are aligned LOW PERFORMING Shaw 74.2 SUCCESSFUL Montgomery Co. Webster County HIGH PERFORMING West Point ACADEMIC WATCH Columbus 127 133 168 with the ratings of Carroll County LOW PERFORMING SUCCESSFUL Sunflower ACADEMIC WATCH 142 86.1 176 No Rate ACADEMIC WATCH SUCCESSFUL 128 LOW PERFORMING 59.9 113 schools across the nation. 59.5 71.4 143 148 79.9 119 71.3 Greenwood Oktibbeha Co. 72.4 67.3 60 SUCCESSFUL Winona Indianola LOW PERFORMING Greenville The ratings are divided into 145 ACADEMIC WATCH FAILING 109 LOW PERFORMING Starkville Lowndes County Leland 52.2 162 6 categories. Below are the 96 Choctaw County 55 116 SUCCESSFUL HIGH PERFORMING ACADEMIC WATCH 62.7 72.4 ACADEMIC WATCH 66 151 number of districts in each 169 133 154 69.8 78.9 79.7 category and the percentage 69.7 SUCCESSFUL Tunica County Senatobia 152 SUCCESSFUL 75.3 ACADEMIC WATCH 141 165 52.7 74.8

Tate County

of total 152 districts: Star (4 Districts = 2.6%) High Performing (28 Districts =

Hollandale

ACADEMIC WATCH SUCCESSFUL LOW PERFORMING Durant 118 Humphreys County 114 140 ACADEMIC WATCH LOW PERFORMING Western Line 70.3 72.3 132 Kosciusko 69.4 130 LOW PERFORMING 68.3 HIGH PERFORMING 76.5 130 192 18.4%) 70.3 77.2

Holmes County

Attala County Louisville

ACADEMIC WATCH 148 65

Noxubee County
ACADEMIC WATCH 136 69.7

Successful (49 Districts = 32.2%) Academic Watch (44 Districts = 28.9%) Low Performing (25 Districts = 16.4%) Failing (2 Districts = 1.3%) Total school districts in dataset, including the Agricultural High Schools: 152 71 districts 46.7% are ranked LESS THAN Successful. The red text in each school district identifies the accountability rating for that school district. The green text identifies the school district's QDI score The blue text identifies the school district's graduation rate. Some districts do not have a high school, so do not graduate students. They are shown as no rate.

Yazoo City South Delta

ACADEMIC WATCH 159 61.1 LOW PERFORMING 105 62.2

Neshoba County Madison

SUCCESSFUL 171 73.4 Philadelphia

Jefferson Co.

HIGH PERFORMING Leake County LOW PERFORMING 197 LOW PERFORMING 101 86.4 SUCCESSFUL Yazoo County 118 74.8 144 Canton ACADEMIC WATCH 75.2 80.8 SUCCESSFUL 140 Union City 133 65.8 HIGH PERFORMING 62 Scott County 185 Lauderdale Co. SUCCESSFUL 84.1 Clinton SUCCESSFUL 169 STAR DISTRICT Newton County 171 Rankin County Vicksburg-Warren 69.6 200 HIGH PERFORMING Meridian 70.7 HIGH PERFORMING Forest City ACADEMIC WATCH 88.5 Jackson Public 173 LOW PERFORMING 176 ACADEMIC WATCH ACADEMIC WATCH 135 126 80.9 Newton City 80 134 138 55.5 65.5 ACADEMIC WATCH 66.3 63.6 Pearl Hinds County Enterprise 135 HIGH PERFORMING SUCCESSFUL STAR DISTRICT 69.5 176 156 201 79.8 72.2 95.2 Smith County West Jasper ACADEMIC WATCH SUCCESSFUL Quitman 155 Claiborne County Copiah County 154 ACADEMIC WATCH 76.9 SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFUL 67.3 East Jasper 140 Simpson County 150 SUCCESSFUL 142 Hazlehurst City 79.6 ACADEMIC WATCH 87.9 144 77.7 ACADEMIC WATCH 144 55.2 104 71 68.8

Kemper County

ACADEMIC WATCH 129 67.3

Covington County Brookhaven

ACADEMIC WATCH 132 66.8

Laurel
ACADEMIC WATCH 131 71.8

Wayne County
SUCCESSFUL 156 68.2

Natchez-Adams
LOW PERFORMING 122 62.3

Franklin County
SUCCESSFUL 146 63.5

Wilkinson Co.
LOW PERFORMING 127 75

Amite County
ACADEMIC WATCH 118 44

ACADEMIC WATCH Lawrence Co. Jones County 155 ACADEMIC WATCH Jefferson Co. SUCCESSFUL 74.6 163 ACADEMIC WATCH 165 Lincoln County 78.1 129 76.6 Hattiesburg SUCCESSFUL 67.3 SUCCESSFUL 167 Richton Petal 146 76 SUCCESSFUL Columbia 61.8 STAR DISTRICT North Pike 174 SUCCESSFUL 201 McComb Lamar County 73 163 79.5 SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFUL Greene County 163 HIGH PERFORMING 85.5 136 ACADEMIC WATCH 72.6 Forrest County 190 63.1 151 Walthall Co. SUCCESSFUL 79.8 64.7 LOW PERFORMING Marion County South Pike 155 125 SUCCESSFUL LOW PERFORMING Perry County 65.1 80.1 135 Lumberton 128 ACADEMIC WATCH 61.2 ACADEMIC WATCH 74.6 143 146 78.1 70.5 George County

Poplarville

Agricultural High Schools: The Agricultural High Schools are not included in the visual map because they do not have discrete physical jurisdictions that school districts have. The rankings for the Ag High Schools are not included in the cumulative numbers set forth in the Legend. The AHS rankings are: Coahoma AHS: Low Performing Forrest AHS: Succesful Hinds AHS: Low Performing

Legend MS School District 2011 Accountability Status Rankings STAR DISTRICT (4 Districts) HIGH PERFORMING (28 Districts) SUCCESSFUL (49 Districts) ACADEMIC WATCH (44 Districts) LOW PERFORMING (25 Districts) FAILING (2 Districts)

SUCCESSFUL 165 81

Stone County
HIGH PERFORMING 173 76.7

SUCCESSFUL 161 64.1

Pearl River

SUCCESSFUL Harrison County Jackson County Hancock 170 HIGH PERFORMING HIGH PERFORMING 66.4 County 185 176 SUCCESSFUL 76.8 76.4 Picayune Moss Point 184 Pass Christian ACADEMIC WATCH 66.5 STAR DISTRICT 154 Ocean Springs LOW PERFORMING Gulfport 114 214 66.9 HIGH PERFORMING Bay SUCCESSFUL 58.2 79.6 189 189 St. Louis Pascagoula 85 70.8 HIGH PERFORMING SUCCESSFUL 172 Long Beach Biloxi 165 77.3 HIGH PERFORMING HIGH PERFORMING 76.2 199 182 77.4 80.5

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