Summary:
Golden, Mississippi, is a small community served by a single elementary school, Fairview Attendance Center, which enrolls about 120 students in grades K–6 and is part of the Itawamba County district.
Fairview Attendance Center is a school that stands out most for its strong mathematics performance. In the most recent year, 3rd grade math proficiency reached 80%, far above the state’s 48.8%, and 5th grade math also beat the state by nearly 15 percentage points. Math scores were strong in earlier grades and years too, including a 76.4% proficiency rate in 6th grade math the previous year. Over the last three school years, the school’s statewide ranking has steadily climbed from the 57th percentile to the 67th percentile, an impressive achievement for a school with a high economic disadvantage rate. Fairview also keeps chronic absenteeism at 19.1%, below the state average of 23.9%, and maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.9, which allows for more individualized attention.
English language arts results are more mixed. The school beat the state in 4th grade ELA in the latest year, and 5th grade ELA improved from 37.5% to 50%, but 6th grade ELA and some other grade-level scores still trail the district and state. Science performance shifted notably: 5th grade science dropped from 75% proficiency to 64.3% in one year, falling below the district and state averages. Because each grade at Fairview has only about 20 students, a single student’s performance can cause large year-to-year swings. Overall, Fairview Attendance Center is a high-poverty school that excels in math and has a rising state profile, but it still needs consistent growth in literacy and science to match its math success.
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