NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Jan. 19, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the 2021-22 school year graduation and dropout rates, which reflect the highest statewide graduation rate of 88.9% and a statewide dropout rate of 9%. Rates are based on students who entered ninth grade for the first...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Jan. 11, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announces that high school students Joshua Emerson Bowman and Nadia Esmee Harden will join Sen. Roger F. Wicker and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in representing Mississippi during the 61st annual USSYP Washington Week to be held March 4...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  January 3, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2021-22 Superintendent’s Annual Report has been released detailing how academic progress has been made as MDE designated more than $96 million in federal funds to help students, schools and districts recover from pandemic disruptions to learning. View the...Read More