DeSoto County School Grades 2026: Every School’s Rating

The Mississippi Department of Education’s 2026 accountability results show how every public school in the DeSoto County school grades picture stacks up. Twelve DeSoto County Schools campuses earned an A, led by Lewisburg High School, whose 855 points ranked fourth among the state’s 231 graded high schools.

The school-level grades come from MDE’s 2026 accountability media file, released Oct. 15 along with district grades. DeSoto County Schools earned an A as a district, one of only 31 A districts in Mississippi this year. Our earlier story on the district’s grade is here.

DeSoto County School Grades: High Schools

Half of the district’s eight high schools earned an A, and the other half earned a B. High school scores are based on 1,000 possible points, which include graduation rate and college and career readiness measures.

• Lewisburg High School: A (855 points)
• Hernando High School: A (817)
• Center Hill High School: A (810)
• Olive Branch High School: A (807)
• DeSoto Central High School: B (758)
• Lake Cormorant High School: B (752)
• Southaven High School: B (743)
• Horn Lake High School: B (698)

Lewisburg High also posted a 99% graduation rate, the best in the district. Every DeSoto County high school had a graduation rate of at least 94.6%.

Elementary and Middle School Grades

Elementary and middle schools are scored on a 700-point scale based on reading, math and science proficiency, plus student growth. The Lewisburg zone swept its A grades, with its primary, elementary, intermediate and middle schools all earning an A.

A schools:

• Lewisburg Middle (512 points), Hernando Middle (507), Lewisburg Intermediate (487), Oak Grove Central Elementary (486), Center Hill Elementary (483), Pleasant Hill Elementary (483), Lewisburg Elementary (472), Lewisburg Primary (467)

B schools:

• DeSoto Central Middle (443), Center Hill Middle (436), Hernando Intermediate (430), Olive Branch Elementary (411), Olive Branch Intermediate (408), Southaven Intermediate (407), Overpark Elementary (406)

C schools:

• Lake Cormorant Elementary (401), Walls Elementary (391), Hernando Hills Elementary (386), Southaven Elementary (382), Chickasaw Elementary (381), Lake Cormorant Middle (378), Greenbrook Elementary (375), Hernando Elementary (373), Hope Sullivan Elementary (372), Olive Branch Middle (369), Horn Lake Middle (368), Horn Lake Elementary (367), DeSoto Central Elementary (354)

D schools:

• Horn Lake Intermediate (340), DeSoto Central Primary (332), Southaven Middle (310), Shadow Oaks Elementary (305)

No DeSoto County school received an F.

Tougher Standards Statewide

This year’s grades are based on new, higher cut scores, and MDE has said the 2026 results cannot be compared with previous years. That shift shows up across the state. Statewide, 203 of 846 graded schools (about 24%) earned an A, down from 239 last year. Another 253 earned a B, 218 a C, 153 a D and 16 an F.

Among districts, the number of A districts dropped from 52 to 31, while D districts rose from 11 to 21. DeSoto County kept its A even under the stricter scale, with district-wide scores including 48.9% reading proficiency, 58.2% math proficiency and a 97.1% graduation rate.

How Parents Can See More

Each grade breaks down into reading, math and science proficiency, growth for all students and for the lowest-performing students, and, for high schools, acceleration and readiness measures. Parents can see their school’s full breakdown on MDE’s 2026 accountability page and on the Mississippi Succeeds Report Card.

For more local school news, see our coverage of Lewisburg’s volleyball state title.

Source: Mississippi Department of Education, 2026 Accountability Results