Correction (September 7, 2026): An earlier version said the 2020 accountability report was absent, combined the 2019-to-2021 change into one comparison and counted four annual gains before the 2026 decline. The current package contains the 2020 report, showing separate gains of 8.5 points in 2020 and 6.1 points in 2021 and a six-release run of annual gains through 2025. Historical state-gap claims that are not published in the current package were also removed.

In the Mississippi Department of Education's February 2026 accountability report, Vicksburg-Warren's four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate was 91.3%. The report covers seniors in the 2024-25 school year; it is not a live measure of students enrolled during the current 2026-27 school year. The reported rate was down 1.6 points from 92.9% in the 2025 report, but it still represented a 32.4-point gain from 58.9% in the 2014 report.

Across 131 Mississippi districts with comparable 2014 and 2026 reports, Vicksburg-Warren's 32.4-point improvement ranked sixth. Five districts posted larger gains. The 2026 result put Vicksburg-Warren just above the published statewide rate, 91.3% to 90.8%, a 0.5-point lead.

Six annual gains, then a decline

The district's rate rose from 72.2% in the 2019 report to 80.7% in 2020, an 8.5-point increase. It reached 86.8% in 2021, another 6.1-point gain, and then climbed through four more annual reports: 88.0% in 2022, 89.5% in 2023, 91.4% in 2024 and 92.9% in 2025.

That made six consecutive annual gains from the 2020 through 2025 reports. The 2026 report interrupted the run: Vicksburg-Warren fell to 91.3%, its first annual decline since 2019. The new result does not erase the long-term gain, but the package cannot show whether the setback will persist.

From below the state to slightly above

The current package publishes an all-students statewide rate for the 2020 and 2026 accountability reports. In 2020, Vicksburg-Warren's 80.7% rate was 4.3 points below Mississippi's 85.0%. In 2026, the district's 91.3% rate was 0.5 points above the state's 90.8%.

That is a 4.8-point swing in the district's position relative to the state between the two reports with published statewide comparisons. The package does not publish comparable all-students state rows for the intervening reports, so the analysis does not interpolate them.

The release-to-release changes show that every annual accountability report from 2014 through 2026 is present. They also keep the report year distinct from the school year of the graduating cohort.

The two high schools

In the 2026 report, covering the 2024-25 senior cohort, Vicksburg High School posted a 93.5% graduation rate and Warren Central High School posted an 89.8% rate. The 3.7-point spread between the schools is a more specific local measure than the district average alone.

The state data establishes the size and timing of Vicksburg-Warren's progress and its latest decline. It does not identify which district decisions or student circumstances produced either movement.

Source: The MSEdTribune analysis of the Mississippi Department of Education's accountability data downloads, using every annual report from 2014 through 2026. In the package's release-year mapping, the February 2026 report covers the 2024-25 senior cohort.

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