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Madison County School District

476 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, MS 39157

12.3K Students | 894 Teachers | 20 Schools

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ANN SMITH ELEMENTARY
CAMDEN ELEMENTARY
EAST FLORA ELEMENTARY
GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
GERMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY
LUTHER BRANSON SCHOOL
MADISON AVENUE LOWER ELEMENTARY
MADISON AVENUE UPPER ELEMENTARY
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
MADISON CROSSING ELEMENTARY
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
MADISON STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MANNSDALE ELEMENTARY
MANNSDALE UPPER ELEMENTARY
OLDE TOWNE MIDDLE
RIDGELAND HIGH SCHOOL
ROSA SCOTT SCHOOL
SHIRLEY SIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL
VELMA JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL

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District Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

5.3x

White students are 5.3 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as students of Two or More Races.

White students are 2.5 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Black students.

White students are 2.6 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Hispanic students.

Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are 1.5 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as White students.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

Discipline

4.5x

Black students are 4.5 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

students of Two or More Races are 2.7 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White student suspensions is not available.

Segregation Index

High

Segregation between Black students students and White students is High, indicating that the distribution of these two racial groups among schools in this district is very uneven

Segregation between White students and Hispanic students is High, indicating that the distribution of these two racial groups among schools in this district isvery uneven

Achievement Gap

2.2 grades

Black students are, on average, academically 2.2 grades behind White students.

Hispanic students are, on average, academically 2 grades behind White students.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.

AP Course Composition

Gifted & Talented Composition

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State

Students

47% Nonwhite Students

38% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

89% High School Graduation Rate

20% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

700 students

9% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

1,127 students

38% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

1,356 students

20% Students Enrolled in Physics

683 students

16% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

563 students

22% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

847 students

22% Students Enrolled in Biology

1,116 students

21% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

766 students

5% Students Enrolled in Calculus

187 students

2% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

237 students

Teachers & Resources

13.7 Students for Every Teacher

8% Inexperienced Teachers

19% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

10.8 Average Number of AP Courses per School

2.8 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

5 Schools With Credit Recovery Programs

4 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs

14 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

0 Schools With International Baccalaureates

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State

Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

This District

State

Students

627 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

5% of all students in this district

553 Total In-School Suspended Students

5% of all students in this district

0 Total Expelled Students

364 Total Number of Students Who Received Corporal Punishment

3% of all students in this district

Outcomes & Resources

79 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

1.9Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

0 Total Arrests

0 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

4 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

0.6 Security Guard or Law Enforcement Officer per 1000 students

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State

Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights Title IX Coordinator

(i.e. sex discrimination)

Shay Williamson
601-499-0800
Email

Civil Rights Title VI Coordinator

(i.e. race, color and national origin discrimination)

Shay Williamson
601-499-0800
Email

Civil Rights ADA/504 Coordinator

(i.e. disability discrimination)

Lynn Slay
601-853-1326
Email

All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

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Two+ RacesTwo or More Races

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students)	Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
ANN SMITH ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	80%	75%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CAMDEN ELEMENTARY	Camden	100%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
EAST FLORA ELEMENTARY	FLORA	80%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL	Madison	32%	22%	94%	2.4x	4.4x
GERMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL	Madison	35%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.8x
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	81%	69%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
LUTHER BRANSON SCHOOL	CANTON	98%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON AVENUE LOWER ELEMENTARY	MADISON	22%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	13x
MADISON AVENUE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	20%	11%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.7x
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	MADISON	33%	20%	92%	3.5x	5x
MADISON CROSSING ELEMENTARY	Canton	36%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL	MADISON	32%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.1x
MADISON STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	MADISON	25%	16%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.8x
MANNSDALE ELEMENTARY	Madison	24%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MANNSDALE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	27%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OLDE TOWNE MIDDLE	RIDGELAND	80%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	.5Less likely
RIDGELAND HIGH SCHOOL	Ridgeland	79%	60%	84%	3.2x	3.1x
ROSA SCOTT SCHOOL	Madison	31%	24%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	4.6x
SHIRLEY SIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL	CANTON	100%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
VELMA JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL	CAMDEN	99%	94%	Between 80% and 84%	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students)	Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
ANN SMITH ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	80%	75%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CAMDEN ELEMENTARY	Camden	100%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
EAST FLORA ELEMENTARY	FLORA	80%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL	Madison	32%	22%	94%	0 Not available	0 Not available
GERMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL	Madison	35%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	81%	69%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
LUTHER BRANSON SCHOOL	CANTON	98%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON AVENUE LOWER ELEMENTARY	MADISON	22%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON AVENUE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	20%	11%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	MADISON	33%	20%	92%	0 Not available	7.9x
MADISON CROSSING ELEMENTARY	Canton	36%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL	MADISON	32%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	MADISON	25%	16%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MANNSDALE ELEMENTARY	Madison	24%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MANNSDALE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	27%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OLDE TOWNE MIDDLE	RIDGELAND	80%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	.5Less likely
RIDGELAND HIGH SCHOOL	Ridgeland	79%	60%	84%	5.7x	0 Not available
ROSA SCOTT SCHOOL	Madison	31%	24%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
SHIRLEY SIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL	CANTON	100%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
VELMA JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL	CAMDEN	99%	94%	Between 80% and 84%	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students)	Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
ANN SMITH ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	80%	75%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CAMDEN ELEMENTARY	Camden	100%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
EAST FLORA ELEMENTARY	FLORA	80%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL	Madison	32%	22%	94%	0 Not available	12.2x
GERMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL	Madison	35%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	81%	69%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
LUTHER BRANSON SCHOOL	CANTON	98%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON AVENUE LOWER ELEMENTARY	MADISON	22%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON AVENUE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	20%	11%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	MADISON	33%	20%	92%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
MADISON CROSSING ELEMENTARY	Canton	36%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL	MADISON	32%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	MADISON	25%	16%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MANNSDALE ELEMENTARY	Madison	24%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	Over 20x
MANNSDALE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	27%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OLDE TOWNE MIDDLE	RIDGELAND	80%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
RIDGELAND HIGH SCHOOL	Ridgeland	79%	60%	84%	0 Not available	0 Not available
ROSA SCOTT SCHOOL	Madison	31%	24%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
SHIRLEY SIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL	CANTON	100%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
VELMA JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL	CAMDEN	99%	94%	Between 80% and 84%	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students)	Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
ANN SMITH ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	80%	75%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CAMDEN ELEMENTARY	Camden	100%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
EAST FLORA ELEMENTARY	FLORA	80%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL	Madison	32%	22%	94%	0 Not available	0 Not available
GERMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL	Madison	35%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	81%	69%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
LUTHER BRANSON SCHOOL	CANTON	98%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON AVENUE LOWER ELEMENTARY	MADISON	22%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON AVENUE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	20%	11%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	MADISON	33%	20%	92%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
MADISON CROSSING ELEMENTARY	Canton	36%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL	MADISON	32%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	MADISON	25%	16%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MANNSDALE ELEMENTARY	Madison	24%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MANNSDALE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	27%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OLDE TOWNE MIDDLE	RIDGELAND	80%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
RIDGELAND HIGH SCHOOL	Ridgeland	79%	60%	84%	0 Not available	0 Not available
ROSA SCOTT SCHOOL	Madison	31%	24%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
SHIRLEY SIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL	CANTON	100%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
VELMA JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL	CAMDEN	99%	94%	Between 80% and 84%	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students)	Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
ANN SMITH ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	80%	75%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CAMDEN ELEMENTARY	Camden	100%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
EAST FLORA ELEMENTARY	FLORA	80%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL	Madison	32%	22%	94%	0 Not available	13.9x
GERMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL	Madison	35%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY	RIDGELAND	81%	69%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
LUTHER BRANSON SCHOOL	CANTON	98%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON AVENUE LOWER ELEMENTARY	MADISON	22%	15%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON AVENUE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	20%	11%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	14.2x
MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	MADISON	33%	20%	92%	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON CROSSING ELEMENTARY	Canton	36%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL	MADISON	32%	24%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	6.8x
MADISON STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	MADISON	25%	16%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MANNSDALE ELEMENTARY	Madison	24%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
MANNSDALE UPPER ELEMENTARY	Madison	27%	13%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OLDE TOWNE MIDDLE	RIDGELAND	80%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
RIDGELAND HIGH SCHOOL	Ridgeland	79%	60%	84%	0 Not available	0 Not available
ROSA SCOTT SCHOOL	Madison	31%	24%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
SHIRLEY SIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL	CANTON	100%	96%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
VELMA JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL	CAMDEN	99%	94%	Between 80% and 84%	0 Not available	0 Not available

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →