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State Board approves 2024–25 statewide accountability results amid small declines in proficiency and math growth
Summary
The Mississippi State Board of Education approved the 2024–25 statewide accountability results on Sept. 25, 2025. Department staff reported drops in proficiency across subject areas and negative growth in math, while reading growth and English-learner progress rose. The results will feed an upcoming standard-setting process required by state law.
The Mississippi State Board of Education on Sept. 25 approved the 2024–25 statewide accountability results based on assessment data from the 2024–25 school year.
Department staff told the board the results show decreases in proficiency across the four tested subjects and a negative growth score in math, while reading growth, college-and-career readiness and English-learner progress rose slightly. The board voted to approve the results during the meeting in the Central High School Building in Jackson.
The approval matters because state law requires the department to reopen standard setting when proficiency or school-grade thresholds change. Department staff told the board they will use the 2024–25 results in an October standard-setting meeting and plan to publish the new summative-rating standards by October. Under Mississippi Code section 37-17-65c, the department must revisit standards when a statutory proficiency threshold is met or when a specified share of schools earn high grades.
In presentation materials the department reported that district- and school-level summaries will be posted on the Department of Education website and highlighted the Mississippi Succeeds report card as an interactive tool for users to examine accountability components by subgroup and to download data files. Staff noted the state has 148 districts this year (including 10 charter operators reported as districts) and that the total count of schools reported was about 850, slightly down from last year.
Board members asked about large year-to-year swings for individual schools. Department staff said outlier moves can reflect small senior-class sizes at some high schools, program changes, or substantial growth measures that can sharply affect a composite score for schools with low baseline proficiency.
The motion to approve the 2024–25 statewide accountability results was moved by Mary Warner and seconded by Mr. Mayo. The board approved the motion. The department will present updated impact runs under the new standards in the spring to show what results would have looked like under the revised cut scores.
Less-critical details: the department reminded the board that graduation-rate reporting is lagged one year and that the next formal presentation of graduation data typically occurs in January.
