Mississippi Schools Earn “D” in National Ranking

An evaluation of school performance finds that Mississippi’s academic achievement gains have outstripped gains nationwide from 2003 to 2015 but gives the state’s public schools a “D” overall, ranking in second to last.
The evaluation by Education Week’s Quality Counts report moved Mississippi up a notch from last year when it ranked 51st among the states and Washington D.C. The state’s overall grade remained the same, below the national average of “C.”
According to this evaluation, Mississippi still ranks last for academic achievement.

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