Summary:
In the city of Anguilla, Mississippi, there is just one school listed: South Delta Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 with 138 students in the South Delta School District. This small Mississippi Delta town has no elementary or high schools represented in the data, so this single middle school defines the city's educational landscape and also drives the district-level metrics.
South Delta Middle School shows a clear split in academic performance. Mathematics is a genuine strength: 7th grade math proficiency reached 64.7% in 2025–2026, above the state average of 57.7%, and 8th grade math tied the state average at 51.4%. Even 6th grade math, though below state average, improved by 10 points to 37%. English Language Arts, however, is a significant weakness. Overall ELA proficiency averaged only about 20% across grades 6–8, with 8th grade dropping from 20.4% to just 11.4% proficient—nearly 30 points below the state average. The one bright spot in literacy is 7th grade ELA, which jumped from 5.6% to 23.5% proficient, the largest single-year improvement in the data, but still below the state average of 36.7%.
The school is improving its state ranking, moving from the 24th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 32nd percentile in 2025–2026, with its star rating improving from 1 to 2 stars. However, chronic absenteeism remains a major barrier, with 33.3% of students chronically absent in 2023–2024, well above the state average of 23.9%. With 100% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, the school serves a very high-poverty population. The most actionable takeaways are clear: build on the successful math strategies, especially in 7th grade, target literacy intervention particularly for 8th graders, and address chronic absenteeism to help unlock further gains.
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