How many white students at Morton High School reached English Performance Level 1 in 2023-24 school year?

Morton High School saw 26.4% of their white students reach English Performance Level 1 in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

This is an 11.5% increase over the previous school year, when 14.9% of white students reached English Performance Level 1.

White students at Morton High School performed the best in Math.

Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.

Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.

Currently Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.

Student Group	English Performance Level 1
All	21%
Black or African American	13.3%
Economically Disadvantaged	21.2%
English Learners	56.5%
Female	19.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%
Male	21-30%
Non Economically Disadvantaged	0-10%
Non English Learners	14.9%
Students with Disabilities	52.6%
Students without Disabilities	16.7%
White	26.4%