Summary:
ZIP code 62849 has one listed elementary school, Iuka Community Cons School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 231 students. Because it is the only school in the local list, families cannot compare it with another listed school. The clearest overall finding is that its 2025–2026 all-grades results were well above state results: 74% in English language arts (ELA) versus 56% statewide, and 58% in math versus 40% statewide.
There is no local school-level top or bottom, but results differ notably by grade. Grade 4 was a standout: 90% in math, 48 points above the state, and 85% in ELA, 29 points above. Results were closer to the state in grade 7 ELA, at 64% versus 58%, and grade 6 math, at 45% versus 36%. Science is an exception to the generally strong state-relative picture: grade 5 scored 68% versus 48% statewide, while grade 8 scored 48% versus 52%. Grade 8 math is unavailable because the state suppressed the school result.
All-grades results remain above the state, but the school’s advantage narrowed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Its ELA lead decreased from 23 to 17 percentage points, and its math lead from 23 to 19 points; the school’s own results fell by 3 points in ELA and 4 in math as state results rose. Grade 8 science also shifted from 12 points above the state in 2024–2025 to 4 points below in 2025–2026, while grade 5 science improved by 4 points. SchoolDigger lists the school at rank 268 of 1,737, in the 85th percentile, with 4 stars for 2025–2026; in 2024–2025 it ranked 192 of 2,056, in the 91st percentile, with 5 stars. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 14.9:1, and 57% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 9% versus 24% statewide, 14 percentage points lower.
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