Summary:
Cedarbluff, Mississippi is served by one elementary school, West Clay Elementary School, which enrolls 111 students in grades PK–6 and is part of the West Point Consolidated School District. This small, high-poverty school has shown a generally encouraging performance profile, improving its state ranking from 224th out of 383 schools (2 stars) in 2024–2025 to 181st out of 377 schools (3 stars) in 2025–2026. The school now sits slightly above the statewide median, even though its district ranks 74th out of 134 districts in Mississippi.
West Clay outperformed both district and state averages in several upper-elementary subjects in 2025–2026. Fifth grade proficiency rates were particularly strong: 72.8% in ELA, 72.7% in math, and 81.9% in science, compared to state averages of 55.8%, 49.6%, and 71.5%, respectively. Sixth grade students also beat the state in ELA (57.2% vs. 48.0%) and math (64.3% vs. 52.7%). By contrast, early-grade math is a major concern—only 20.0% of 3rd graders and 20.0% of 4th graders were proficient, far below state averages near 49–52%.
The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.0% is a bright spot, well below the district rate of 28.1% and the state rate of 23.9%, despite 90.99% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. A favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.4 also supports individualized instruction. However, with only about 14–16 students per grade, proficiency rates can swing dramatically from year to year—for example, 6th grade ELA jumped from 18.2% to 57.2%, while 4th grade math fell from 72.8% to 20.0%. Families should interpret these fluctuations cautiously rather than as evidence of major programmatic shifts.
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