Mississippi · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Mississippi

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Mississippi, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools Editorial. · Updated June 2026

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The 100 Mississippi schools listed here average 62.5% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 100 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

62.5%
average across these 100 schools: 29.5%
national school average: 93.4%
highest rate (Jerome W. Stampley 9th Grade Academ): 100
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Jerome W. Stampley 9th Grade Academ CLARKSDALE	106	Critical	93.4%
2	W.a. Higgins Middle School Academy CLARKSDALE	269	Critical	85.9%
3	Oakhurst Intermediate Academy CLARKSDALE	197	Critical	84.3%
4	Denman Junior High School MCCOMB	312	Critical	83.0%
5	Port Gibson Middle School PORT GIBSON	223	Critical	83.0%
6	Laurel Middle School Laurel	388	Critical	82.7%
7	North Panola Middle School Como	243	Critical	80.7%
8	Port Gibson High School PORT GIBSON	381	Critical	78.7%
9	Wingfield High School JACKSON	608	Critical	77.8%
10	Mendenhall Junior High School Mendenhall	243	Critical	77.8%
11	Blackburn Middle School JACKSON	317	Critical	76.7%
12	Coleman Middle School Greenville	287	Critical	74.9%
13	Hazlehurst High School HAZLEHURST	385	Critical	74.8%
14	Magee High School Magee	380	Critical	73.9%
15	Durant Elementary School Durant	242	Critical	73.1%
16	West Bolivar High School ROSEDALE	227	Critical	73.1%
17	North Panola High School SARDIS	329	Critical	72.3%
18	Horn Lake High HORN LAKE	1,271	Critical	71.4%
19	Reimagine Prep JACKSON	457	Critical	71.3%
20	Armstrong Junior High School Starkville	358	Critical	70.4%
21	Akin Elementary School Greenville	255	Critical	69.4%
22	South Panola High School Batesville	1,113	Critical	68.9%
23	Amite County High School LIBERTY	284	Critical	68.7%
24	Vicksburg High School VICKSBURG	785	Critical	68.5%
25	Warren Central Junior High School VICKSBURG	525	Critical	68.2%
26	Belle Shivers Middle School Aberdeen	266	Critical	67.7%
27	Magee Middle School Magee	260	Critical	67.3%
28	Wilkinson County High Woodville	228	Critical	66.7%
29	Jdc High School BASSFIELD	368	Critical	66.3%
30	Laurel High School LAUREL	732	Critical	66.0%
31	Riverside High School Avon	315	Critical	66.0%
32	Holly Springs Junior High School HOLLY SPRINGS	145	Critical	65.5%
33	West Point High School WEST POINT	1,010	Critical	65.3%
34	William Dean Jr. Elementary School Lexington	426	Critical	65.3%
35	South Delta High School ROLLING FORK	176	Critical	64.8%
36	Olive Branch High School OLIVE BRANCH	1,058	Critical	64.5%
37	Coahoma County Jr/Sr High School CLARKSDALE	345	Critical	63.5%
38	Mount Olive Attendance Center Mount Olive	282	Critical	63.5%
39	Rod Paige Middle School Monticello	191	Critical	62.8%
40	Columbus High School COLUMBUS	865	Critical	62.4%
41	Greenwood High School Greenwood	633	Critical	62.4%
42	Isable Elementary School JACKSON	244	Critical	61.9%
43	Holmes County Central High School Lexington	714	Critical	61.8%
44	Dawson Elementary School JACKSON	192	Critical	61.5%
45	Forest Hill High School JACKSON	1,139	Critical	61.2%
46	J Z George High School NORTH CARROLLTON	343	Critical	61.2%
47	Terry High School Terry	1,127	Critical	60.8%
48	Oak Park Elementary School LAUREL	405	Critical	60.7%
49	Batesville Junior High School Batesville	756	Critical	60.6%
50	Center Hill High School OLIVE BRANCH	1,059	Critical	60.5%
51	Clarksdale High School CLARKSDALE	473	Critical	60.5%
52	Lewisburg High School OLIVE BRANCH	1,330	Critical	60.4%
53	Kemper County High School DeKalb	304	Critical	60.2%
54	Williams-Sullivan Middle School Durant	192	Critical	59.9%
55	Hazlehurst Middle School HAZLEHURST	292	Critical	59.6%
56	Shannon High School SHANNON	529	Critical	59.4%
57	Eupora High School Eupora	437	Critical	59.3%
58	Coldwater High School Coldwater	167	Critical	59.3%
59	Mcadams Attendance Center MCADAMS	167	Critical	58.1%
60	Mccomb High School MCCOMB	632	Critical	57.9%
61	Higgins Middle School MCCOMB	287	Critical	57.8%
62	Meridian High School Meridian	1,253	Critical	57.6%
63	Eva Gordon Lower Elementary School Magnolia	345	Critical	57.4%
64	Greenville High School Greenville	836	Critical	57.1%
65	Yazoo County High School YAZOO CITY	400	Critical	56.8%
66	South Pike Senior High School Magnolia	425	Critical	56.5%
67	Seminary High School SEMINARY	382	Critical	56.5%
68	Southeast Lauderdale High School Meridian	367	Critical	56.4%
69	Hazlehurst Elementary School HAZLEHURST	643	Critical	56.0%
70	Pearl River Central High School CARRIERE	952	Critical	55.6%
71	Lawrence County High School Monticello	529	Critical	55.4%
72	West Marion High School Foxworth	347	Critical	55.3%
73	Byhalia High School (9-12) BYHALIA	428	Critical	54.9%
74	Yazoo County Middle School YAZOO CITY	258	Critical	54.7%
75	Summit Elementary School Summit	200	Critical	54.5%
76	East Webster High School Maben	445	Critical	53.9%
77	Bentonia Gibbs School BENTONIA	380	Critical	53.9%
78	Charleston Middle School CHARLESTON	208	Critical	53.8%
79	Kemper County Upper Elementary DE KALB	108	Critical	53.7%
80	West Tallahatchie High School WEBB	297	Critical	53.5%
81	Carver Middle School COLLINS	266	Critical	53.4%
82	Warren Central High School VICKSBURG	1,145	Critical	53.3%
83	T.L. Weston Middle School GREENVILLE	412	Critical	53.2%
84	Magee Elementary School Magee	525	Critical	53.1%
85	Vicksburg Junior High School VICKSBURG	409	Critical	53.1%
86	Redwood Elementary School REDWOOD	367	Critical	53.1%
87	Lake Cormorant Middle LAKE CORMORANT	707	Critical	52.9%
88	Shirley Elementary School JACKSON	174	Critical	52.9%
89	Callaway High School JACKSON	994	Critical	52.7%
90	Forest High School FOREST	438	Critical	52.7%
91	Horn Lake Intermediate School HORN LAKE	914	Critical	52.5%
92	Mendenhall High School Mendenhall	646	Critical	52.3%
93	Laurel Upper Elementary Laurel	253	Critical	52.2%
94	South Pontotoc High School PONTOTOC	455	Critical	52.1%
95	Northside High School SHELBY	370	Critical	51.9%
96	Noxubee County High School MACON	405	Critical	51.6%
97	Holly Springs High School HOLLY SPRINGS	288	Critical	51.4%
98	Lake Cormorant High Lake Cormorant	991	Critical	51.3%
99	Kennedy Elementary School MCCOMB	232	Critical	51.3%
100	T J Harris Elementary Meridian	434	Critical	51.2%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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