The Mississippi Department of Education has released accountability grades for the 2024-25 school year, showing a dip in achievement among public schools and districts.

In the previous school year, 80.1% of schools and 87.2% of districts earned a grade of C or higher. This represents a decrease from the 2023-24 school year when 85.7% of schools and 93.9% of districts earned a C or higher. In 2016, state education officials set a goal for all schools and districts to be rated C or higher. At that time, 62% of both schools and districts met that standard.

Mississippi currently has more than 1,000 public schools and 152 districts to oversee the educational facilities at the local level.

Statewide student assessment data make up a large part of accountability grades. The 2024-25 Mississippi

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