Best Public Schools in Mound Bayou, MS

Summary:

Mound Bayou, Mississippi is home to a single public elementary school, I.T. Montgomery Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 and is part of the North Bolivar Consolidated School District. The school faces several challenges, including declining academic performance, a high-poverty student population, and high chronic absenteeism rates.

I.T. Montgomery Elementary School's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, from 302 out of 377 Mississippi elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 219 out of 383 in 2024-2025, with a rating of 2 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger. The school's performance on the MAAP (Mississippi Academic Assessment Program) tests is generally below the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across grades 3-6, though its 5th-grade students performed better than the district and state in Science. The school has a high rate of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, with 100% of students receiving this benefit in the 2023-2024 school year, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9% in the 2022-2023 school year.

These findings suggest that the school and district may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to address the challenges faced by I.T. Montgomery Elementary School, such as improving academic performance, supporting the high-poverty student population, and addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism. Addressing these issues could help to improve educational outcomes for the students in Mound Bayou.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP English Language Arts (2025)				MAAP Mathematics (2025)				MAAP Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Science 5th Grade	Total
I. T. Montgomery Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	202 Martin L. King Drive	Mound Bayou	38762	Bolivar County	North Bolivar Consolidated	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 333-8952	185	15	12.7	99.5%	0 (0.0%)	139 (75.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (24.9%)	43.6	219^th of 383 public elementary schools	42.8%		28.1	289^th of 390 public elementary schools	25.9%	70	39.3	30.4	50.0	38.5	42.8	47.8	50.0	57.7	72.2	$14,831

Cities Near Mound Bayou

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Merigold	2.61 mi	1	50^th
Shelby	4.67 mi	1	157^th
Cleveland	9.15 mi	8	180^th
Duncan	10.72 mi	1	101^st
Drew	12.3 mi	2	120^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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Best Public Schools in Mound Bayou, MS

I. T. Montgomery Elementary School

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