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The South > Mississippi > Education

MISSISSIPPI EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 1% [50th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 48% [50th of 51]
Definition: Education > Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 13% [41st of 42]
Definition: Education > Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 227 [48th of 51]
Definition: Education > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 204 [50th of 51]
Definition: Education > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 262 [49th of 51]
Definition: Education > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 141 [38th of 42]
Definition: Education > Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 20.1% [49th of 51]
Definition: Education > Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Best Educated Index -14.31 [49th of 50]
Definition: Education > Best Educated Index
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 277,690 [17th of 46]
Definition: Education > Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible
Source: Morgan Quitno Press, 2005
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.1 students per teacher [25th of 51]
Definition: Education > Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 250,329 [16th of 50]
Definition: Education > Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $2,853,530,843.00 [33rd of 51]
Definition: Education > Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 83% [40th of 51]
Definition: Education > High school diploma or higher, by percentage
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 18.9 % [49th of 51]
Definition: Education > Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 6.4 % [47th of 51]
Definition: Education > Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 11,663 [33rd of 51]
Definition: Education > Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 3,668 [34th of 51]
Definition: Education > Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 2.7 [49th of 51]
Definition: Education > Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 2 [44th of 50]
Definition: Education > Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics

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SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics; National Center for Educational Statistics ; US Census Bureau, 2004.; Morgan Quitno Press, 2005; American Community Survey 2004

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: MS

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