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C

Quitman County School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 5 towns

Serves Marks, Lambert, Crowder, Sledge and Falcon, and parts of Crenshaw.

Marks’ School Grade C better than 31% of Mississippi school districts

Students
835
Schools
3
Spent per student
$14,820
MS $12,392
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
Debt
$3.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Quitman County School District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 31% of Mississippi districts
  • Math proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 14 pts below the state
  • Spends 20% more per student than the MS average
  • 16 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 6.6% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $3.1M, about $3,717 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 31% of the 150 Mississippi school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C
GraduationFour-year graduation below the state, class of 2023
C−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Marks. Grade by grade →

PK–4Quitman County ElementaryThis district
9–12Madison Palmer High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. MS

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency31%
State average 47% · 508 students tested
Reading / language arts28%
State average 41.7% · 466 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)80–89%
State average 89.4% · 56 in the class

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$14,820 per student · 20% above MS
Spending
Classroom instruction 52%Support & administration 41%Other 7%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 31%State 35%Federal 34%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
894’20
898’21
852’22
820’23
835’24

Down 6.6% since 2020–21.

Students
Black 95%White 2%Two or more races 2%Hispanic <1%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools.

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Mississippi.