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2025-2026 Mississippi Pilot ACT®, ACT WorkKeys®, Algebra 1 & English II EOC Research

Jumpstart Test Prep Review Resources School Selections Announced for 2025-26

Jumpstart Test Prep (Jumpstart), through partnership with the Mississippi Legislature and the Mississippi Department of Education announces pilot schools for the 2025-26 school year.

The pilot program is aimed at helping public high school students increase ACT® (juniors), ACT WorkKeys®, and Algebra I / English II EOC performance, and third-party efficacy research has demonstrated substantial gains over prior-best scores. This year’s selected cohort of public high schools will receive support, resources, and program guidance to further improve school performance on these assessments. Selected schools were randomly drawn by a third party and complete methodology and draw details can be found here: https://jumpstarttestprep.com/pilot/2025-26-mississippi-pilot-act-act-workkeys-algebra

Jumpstart Test Prep will meet to discuss programs and efficacy research with any interested district or school, regardless of pilot program participation.

For more information about the Jumpstart Test Prep review programs, please email info@jumpstarttestprep.com.

Jumpstart StartUps ACT®-Aligned Video “Bellringer” Selection Results
The following 67 Mississippi public schools applied for funding for the StartUps program, representing approximately 31,000 students. Site license teacher access to the Jumpstart StartUps ACT®-aligned video “bellringer” repository is made available to these applicant sites. The ACT® 2024 Spring Junior Average for these schools was 17.03 as compared to the state average of 17.5 for all schools.

School Name / ACT 2023 Spring Composite JR / ACT 2024 Spring Composite JR

  • Aberdeen High School                     15.30   15.86
  • Amite County High School              15.61   15.01
  • Ashland High School                        15.39   14.8
  • Bay High School                               19.51    19.22
  • Blue Mountain High School             18.1      20.13
  • Bogue Chitto Attendance Center  17.2      16.54
  • Booneville High School                    19.28    18.96
  • Brookhaven High School                  17.39    17.19
  • Byhalia High School                         15.62    15.86
  • Cleveland Central High School        16.09    16.57
  • Clinton High School                          19.78    19.13
  • Coahoma County High School        15.05    14.31
  • Coffeeville High School                    14.74    13.71
  • Enterprise Attendance Center        17.68    16.8
  • Enterprise High School                     19          20.26
  • Falkner High School                          16.54    16.21
  • Forest High School                            15.51    14.86
  • Gautier High School                          17.82    17.32
  • Gautier Middle School                      N/A       N/A
  • George County High School           17.78    18.43
  • Greene County High School            16.8      18.16
  • Hancock High School                        18.61    19.48
  • Hatley Attendance Center                16.39    18.09
  • Hazlehurst High School                    14.83    15.23
  • Humphreys County High School    13.8       14.7
  • Jumpertown Attendance Center   17.63    17.29
  • Kemper County High School          14.75    14.21
  • Kosciusko High School                     17.39    17.39
  • Leland High School                           16.23    15.21
  • Long Beach High School                  19.59    20.6
  • Louisville High School                      14.97    15.62
  • Loyd Star Attendance Center          18.93    17.41
  • Madison Shannon Palmer HS         15.04    15.31
  • Mississippi School of the Arts         19.62    21.04
  • Morton High School                         15.41    15.41
  • Nanih Waiya Attendance Center   17.55    19.46
  • Neshoba Central High School        17.48    16.93
  • New Albany High School                17.84    17.73
  • New Hope High School                   17.94    17.73
  • Newton County High School          18.43    17.32
  • Northeast Jones High School         17.32    17.78
  • Northeast Lauderdale HS                16.34    16.36
  • Noxapater Attendance Center       16.71    16.32
  • Pass Christian High School              19.38    18.89
  • Pearl High School                            18.37    18.05
  • Perry Central High School               15.87    15.67
  • Petal High School                            19.84    19.98
  • Philadelphia High School                16.12    15.38
  • Potts Camp High School                  16.23    16.12
  • Raymond High School                     17.29    16.36
  • Ripley High School                           17.7      18.42
  • Salem Attendance Center                17.2      16.27
  • South Jones High School                 18.2      18.17
  • South Panola High School               17.07    17.19
  • Southeast Lauderdale HS                16.88    16.73
  • Terry High School                            16.29    16.47
  • Tylertown High School                    15.77    14.82
  • Vicksburg High School                    15.91    16.3
  • Walnut Attendance Center              16.44    17.8
  • Warren Central High School           17.14    16.7
  • Wayne County High School             16.39    16.61
  • West Bolivar High School                13.66    14.19
  • West Lauderdale High School         19.78    19.39
  • West Lincoln Attendance Center   18.2      19.32
  • Wilkinson County High School      13.98    15.16
  • Yazoo City High School                     14.2      13.5
  • Yazoo County High School               14.7      15.1

Jumpstart Complete ACT® Review Pilot Random Selection Results

Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for Jumpstart Test Prep’s Complete ACT® Review Program for four Mississippi public schools representing approximately 625 juniors. The selected schools (with those schools’ Spring Junior Average 2024 ACT® composite scores in parentheses for reference) were the following schools:

  • Hancock High School (19.5)
  • West Lincoln High School (19.3)
  • Yazoo City High School (13.5)
  • Yazoo County High School (15.1)

New Albany High School (17.7) and Wayne County High School (16.6) are added to the selection results bringing the total to six Mississippi public schools representing approximately 976 juniors.

 

Jumpstart Complete ACT WorkKeys® Review Pilot Random Selection Results

Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for the Jumpstart Test Prep’s Complete WorkKeys Review Program for seven Mississippi public schools representing approximately 1,242 testing students. The selected schools (with those schools’ Spring Junior Average 2024 ACT® composite scores in parentheses for reference) were the following schools:

  • Blue Mountain High School (20.1)
  • Enterprise Attendance Center (16.8)
  • George County High School (18.4)
  • Northeast Lauderdale High (16.4)
  • Potts Camp High School (16.1)
  • Warren Central High School (16.7)
  • Wilkinson County High School (15.2)

 

 

Jumpstart Complete Algebra 1 EOC Review Pilot Random Selection Results

Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for the Jumpstart Test Prep’s Algebra 1 EOC Review Program for four Mississippi public schools representing approximately 510 testing students. The selected schools (with those schools’ Spring Junior Average 2024 ACT® composite scores in parentheses for reference) were the following schools:

  • Aberdeen High School (15.9)
  • Kosciusko High School (17.4)
  • Ripley High School (18.4)
  • Terry High School (16.5)

Booneville High School (19) is added to the selection results bringing the total to five Mississippi public schools representing approximately 614 juniors.

 

Jumpstart Complete English 1I EOC Review Pilot Random Selection Results

Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for the Jumpstart Test Prep’s English II EOC Review Program for five Mississippi public schools representing approximately 881 testing students. The selected schools (with those schools’ Spring Junior Average 2024 ACT® composite scores in parentheses for reference) were the following schools:

  • Cleveland Central High School (16.6)
  • Falkner High School (16.2)
  • New Hope High School (17.7)
  • South Panola High School (17.2)
  • West Lauderdale High (19.4)

If you have any questions about the Jumpstart Test Prep programs, please email info@jumpstarttestprep.com.

Jumpstart Review Programs Application MDE Announcement Link / EdUpdate 2025 - 26 Pilot School Selection Results

Teacher Feedback

Helping Wonderful Teachers Achieve Excellent Outcomes

Jumpstart's comprehensive coverage of the ACT standards and its time restrained practice enables students to be more comfortable while sitting for the actual test. Also, since our ACT has gone digital, the JTP digital formatting truly simulates the actual test.

Andrew Huey
College & Career Readiness / Advanced Math Plus Teacher
Long Beach High School

Jumpstart was an incredible asset to me as an educator. The English portion of the ACT covers many grammar skills that have not been reviewed since middle school. Jumpstart provided by students with a comprehensive review of all the skills required to be successful on the ACT.

Anna Kate Robinson
Teacher
Nettleton High School

As a high school math teacher, I have been using JumpStart in all my classes since we incorporated it into our district curriculum at the beginning of this school year. With my class enrollment consisting of tenth and eleventh-grade geometry and algebra II students who will be taking their ACT very soon, I find the JumpStart program exceptionally productive as it covers a comprehensive range of ACT-related math videos and related problems. While the presenters, all of whom are high school math teachers, have varying presentation skills, all are very effective presenters, and most are exceptional! Many of my students who have taken the ACT this year have advised me that they saw similar to practically identical problems on their ACT math test that they had learned to work on in our daily JumpStart sessions.

Furthermore, when I recently experienced a logistical issue with administering JumpStart in my daily classes, I contacted and the situation was promptly resolved. So, not only is the JumpStart program outstanding, but the customer follow-up and responsiveness are equally stellar.

I strongly recommend JumpStart to schools interested in improving their ACT scores.

Tom Giles, EdD
Math Teacher
Wayne County High School

“After attending a Jumpstart presentation at a summer conference, our leadership team decided to purchase Jumpstart Test Prep for our upcoming ACT WorkKeys® test. Our students completed the seven day boot camp which intensely focused on each section of the test. The individualized remediation offered by the program was outstanding, and our students showed impressive gains in all three areas. The workbook provided to each student was also a tremendous benefit in their preparation. When all testing was completed, Jumpstart sent a detailed data report of student achievement. The Jumpstart program definitely prepared our students and helped us achieve an 84% pass rate! And this year or best to date - 94.44%! We were especially pleased with the number of our students who obtained gold and platinum levels.  Going forward we will continue to use Jumpstart and recommend it to other schools who administer the ACT Workkeys® test.”

Kelli Herrin
Career and Technical Education Director
Pearl River County CTE

“Jumpstart StartUps can make timely improvements that enhance student engagement, boost readiness, and improve overall ACT performance. Our class benefits from the StartUps as bellringers to keep them engaged from bell to bell!”

Aleks Stogsdill
Teacher
Calvin High School

“I like the fact that every answer choice was discussed and explained why it was the wrong or correct answer. It was also great to hear the testing tip that if you know it’s the right answer, mark it and move to the next question.”

Rebecca Jennings
Counselor
Gordo High School

“The detailed explanations make it easy for students to understand the material. Concepts are broken down clearly, which supports comprehension and helps students feel more confident in their learning.”

Amanda Henderson
English/CCR Teacher
Clinton High School

“I love how she broke down each answer choice and explained why a choice was not correct and then explained why the correct choice was in fact correct.”

Jessica Delk
Math Inclusion Teacher
South Jones High School

“I love the StartUps. They are short mini lessons that can be used anytime during a lesson. Most of the time we use them as bell ringers but you could also use them as exit tickets to check progress from a lesson or just as a mini lesson inside your daily lessons. This lesson shows students not all problems are hard. Some can actually be easy. We have given access to several of our teachers to get the videos shown to the largest number of students. I love the entire Jumpstart Program. I wish my children would have had access to them when they were in school.”

Amanda Richardson
STEM Teacher
Eupora High School

“The videos are well made and move at a good pace for high school students. This video addresses redundancy in a way that anyone can understand. I like the way the presenters go over each answer choice and explain why it is correct and incorrect.”

Melissa Sandlin
Science Teacher
Booneville High School

“This video lesson is helpful in so many ways! This teaches students to maintain an appropriate academic tone in college papers and professional communications. It addresses common mistakes, such as mixing casual language with formal writing, which can damage credibility in both academic and workplace settings. It’s both a practical test skill and a real-world communication skill they’ll use beyond high school.”

Rashmi Price
English Teacher
Aberdeen High School

“This particular StartUp is clear and concise. This is a great way to ease students back into subject-verb agreement. The sentence options presented make it easy to convey to the student how to identify the subject, so they can figure out if the verb agrees with it. The presenter is energetic and engaging, which is a plus for the students.”

Jamie Weeks
English Teacher
Geneva High School

“It was a good lesson. She did a great job of explaining the vocabulary and why each choice was wrong. She emphasized eliminating answers is as important as find the correct one.”

Devon Hester
Science Teacher
Phil Campbell High School

“This lesson is one of the most valuable ones for students. My classes were very engaged and very eager to answer the questions. As much as I teach these skills (because they are very often tested on the ACT), they were eager to go the extra mile and test their knowledge with the gate oil challenge. Thank you!!!”

Sandy Morris
Teacher
North Pike High School