State Superintendent’s 2023-24 Annual Report highlights Mississippi’s decade of historic academic achievement in public schools

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:  January 8, 2025

State Superintendent’s 2023-24 Annual Report highlights Mississippi’s decade of historic academic achievement in public schools

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2023-24 Superintendent’s Annual Report has been released covering Mississippi’s historic decade of academic achievement and improved student outcome within the state’s public school system.

Report highlights include:

• Results from the 2023-24 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, which showed that overall students scored proficient or advanced reaching a record high of 47.8% in English Language Arts (ELA), 56.3% in mathematics and 63.4% in science.
• Graduation rate reached an all-time high of 89.4%.
• The number of Mississippi students taking Advanced Placement (AP) exams more than doubled since 2013, reaching a record high in 2024 of 12,442 public school students taking 17,717 AP exams, with a record high of 7,733 exams earning a qualifying score.
• 6,720 students earned industry certifications in a Career and Technical Education program.
• The number of Early Learning Collaboratives for pre-K students increased to 40, and the number of State Invested Pre-K programs increased to 24.
• MDE completed development of the Mississippi Educator Career Continuum Archive (MECCA) System that manages licensure and other information about the careers of Mississippi educators from recruitment through retirement.
• A revamped Mississippi Student Information System (MSIS) launched in July 2024 to improve electronic collection, management, and reporting of school district data.
• Mississippi school and district accountability A – F grades for 2023-24 showed 85.7% of schools and 93.9% of districts earned a grade of C or higher.
• Four schools were named 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools.
• Highest-ever national rankings in education

View the report online at mdek12.org/mbe/superintendent2024.

Find all MDE news releases at https://mdek12.org/communications/category/news/.

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Media Contact:

Jean Cook, APR
Chief of Communication
601-359-3515
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Shanderia Minor
Public Information Officer
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