The top reported proficiency rate is 30% in English language arts. The lowest is 18% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Revive
REVIVE, formally Revive Collegiate Charter School, is a free public charter school on Old Canton Road in Jackson, Mississippi, part of the RePublic Schools network. It opened in 2022 starting with kindergarten and first grade and has been adding a grade each year, with public reporting indicating it is working toward full K-4 enrollment and a companion upper school called Revive Prep for grades 5 through 8. The official grade range on file lists kindergarten through second grade, though the school's state assessment data includes third-grade results, which is consistent with the planned one-grade-per-year expansion reaching third grade in the current school year. Families considering REVIVE should confirm the current grade span directly with the school, since it is actively growing.
The school is small for its grade band, with enrollment concentrated in the early elementary years. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is almost entirely Black, reflecting the demographics of the surrounding North Jackson neighborhood and the broader Jackson community. The school does not charge tuition, with the only family cost being uniforms. It offers bus stops spread across Jackson rather than door-to-door service, and it partners with the YMCA to provide aftercare until early evening at a competitive weekly rate. These logistics matter for working families in a city where the built environment is sprawling and auto-dependent.
On the academic side, REVIVE's state assessment results come from the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program. Third-grade math proficiency sits well below the state midpoint, with only a small fraction of tested students scoring proficient or above. Third-grade English language arts results are somewhat stronger, with roughly three in ten tested students reaching proficiency. These are early results from a young school still building its first cohort of tested students, so a parent may want to ask school leadership how they are responding to these numbers and what growth trends they are seeing in their own internal assessments. No multi-year trend data was available yet, which is expected for a school in its first few years of operation.
Several data fields that parents often look for were not available. The school does not report individualized education program counts or English learner figures in the data we received. Discipline, staffing, attendance, and course access information was also absent. Civil rights data was not provided. These gaps are common for a new charter school still building its reporting history, and they do not by themselves indicate a problem, but a parent would be right to ask the school directly about special education services, English learner support, and teacher retention.
Jackson itself is Mississippi's capital and largest city, sitting on the Pearl River at the crossroads of Interstates 20 and 55. It has faced serious challenges, including a well-documented water infrastructure crisis and a population decline over the last decade that was among the steepest of any major American city. At the same time, the broader metro area remains the state's economic engine, with major employers including the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Nissan, and state government, and development pressure has pushed toward suburban Madison and Rankin counties. The housing market in the school's zip code sits slightly above the state benchmark for home values and well below the national figure, making it relatively affordable by national standards. Rents have been rising faster than home values year over year, which is worth watching for renting families. REVIVE sits within this context as a tuition-free, growing option for Jackson families looking for a structured early-elementary charter environment with transportation and aftercare support, though its early academic results suggest the school is still working to bring students to grade-level proficiency as it scales.
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