Summary:
Redwood, Mississippi is home to a single school, Redwood Elementary, a PK–6 school serving 367 students in the Vicksburg Warren School District. This one-school district comparison shows a school with clear strengths and significant challenges.
Redwood Elementary's strongest subject is math. In 2025–2026, the school outperformed both district and state averages in every grade tested, with 6th grade math proficiency at 77.1% compared to 49.9% district and 52.7% state. However, English Language Arts lags behind: proficiency is below the state average in all grades, with the widest gap in 4th grade (37.0% vs. 52.4% statewide). The school also saw a dramatic drop in 5th grade science, falling from 80.6% to 51.3% in one year, while the state average rose. Because of these mixed results, the school's state ranking has slipped from the 76th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 50th percentile in 2025–2026, and its star rating fell from 4 to 3 stars.
Two major concerns stand out. Chronic absenteeism is very high at 41.4%, far above the district's 29.2% and the state's 23.9%, meaning more than 4 in 10 students are chronically absent. Additionally, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a highly economically disadvantaged population. While the school's math success is notable given these obstacles, improving literacy, stabilizing science instruction, and reducing absenteeism will be key to reversing the downward trend in overall performance.
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