The Mississippi State Board of Education held its monthly meeting on Thursday, September 25, 2025. Among its agenda items, the Board approved and released accountability grades for the 2024-25 school year. The results reflect 80.1% of schools and 87.2% of districts earned a grade of C or higher. This represents a decrease from the 2023-24 school year when 85.7% of schools and 93.9% of schools earned a C or higher. All but one of the state’s seven charter schools that received grades in 2024-25 were rated D or F. All four of the Districts of Transformation under state control dropped a letter grade in 2024-25. Click here to access 2024-25 district- and school-level results.
Among its other agenda items, the Board:
Gave final approval to the creation of the Bridge to Career course and curriculum
Approved beginning the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) process to readopt the 2018 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science with some revisions that have been made to clarify learning outcomes and objectives to standards.
Gave final approval to revising licensure guidelines to remove the Foundations of Reading assessment requirement as one condition for obtaining licensure in the endorsement area of Special Education Mild/Moderate (licensure codes 221 (K-12) and 223 (K-8)).
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