Summary:
Leland, Mississippi is served by three public schools—an elementary, middle, and high school—within the Leland School District, enrolling about 671 students in grades 1 through 12 in a high-poverty area where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among the three schools, Leland High School stands out as the strongest overall, ranking in the 46th percentile statewide after jumping from the 16th percentile the prior year. Its Biology End-of-Course proficiency reached 80% in 2025-2026, well above the state average of 63.1%, though Algebra I and English II remain weak. Leland School Park shows a remarkable outlier in Algebra I: 93.3% proficiency, far exceeding the state’s 66.0%, while its 6th and 7th grade math scores are much lower (23.4% and 45.3% vs. state averages of 52.7% and 57.7%). This suggests a small group of advanced students excels, while most middle schoolers struggle. The middle school also has the district’s lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.3%, well below the state’s 23.9%. Edna M Scott Elementary School posts a strong 3rd grade English Language Arts result (55.5% vs. 48.5% statewide), but proficiency drops sharply by 4th and 5th grade, and its state ranking fell from the 47th to the 27th percentile this year.
Chronic absenteeism follows an unusual pattern: only 10.3% at the middle school, but 27.2% at the high school and 17.0% at the elementary. High school absenteeism likely hinders graduation rates, which sit at 84.8% vs. the state’s 89.2%. Given that poverty levels are nearly universal, there are clear pockets of success—middle school Algebra I, high school Biology, and early elementary literacy—that stand out as strengths to build on, even as overall proficiency in many subjects trails state averages.
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