Mississippi’s only STEM + College Prep charter school posts an 88% pass rate on the state’s 3rd grade ELA assessment SR1 College Preparatory & STEM Academy (SR1 CPSA), Mississippi’s first and only STEM-focused college preparatory charter school, announced today that 88% of its 3rd grade scholars passed the Mississippi English Language Arts (ELA) reading assessment on their first attempt — outperforming the 2025 statewide average of 77.3% by more than 10 percentage points. "These results...

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