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Schools in Paris

Paris’s public schools

Lafayette County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paris. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Mississippi’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Mississippi’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
57%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.6K
▼ 7% vs MS $12.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.2
MS 13.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,854 students on the public path
In brief

Paris’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Paris’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s 762 public schools. Lafayette High School places highest (better than 80%); Lafayette Upper Elementary School lowest (72%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Paris, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Lafayette Elementary Schoolin OxfordNo scores
3–6Lafayette Upper Elementary Schoolin OxfordB+
7–8Lafayette Middle Schoolin OxfordB+
9–12Lafayette High Schoolin OxfordA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lafayette County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Lafayette County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 2,854 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (MS 13.9)
$11,562MS $12,392 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 41.7% · 1438 students tested
Math57%
State average 47% · 1466 students tested

Paris vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Mississippi towns that share Paris’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Paris—Lafayette County

Every school in Paris

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Parisin other towns
Lafayette Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Oxford
776 students16:1Rate it →
Lafayette Upper Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Oxford
B+
803 students14:1Rate it →
Lafayette Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Oxford
B+
420 students11:1Rate it →
Lafayette High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Oxford
A−
855 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Paris’s schools

Are Paris’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Paris. Lafayette County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paris. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Paris in?

Lafayette County School District.

Where do Paris kids go to high school?

Lafayette High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.