Summary:
In Sallis, Mississippi, there is just one public school serving the city: Long Creek Elementary School, a PK–6 elementary school with 199 students in the Attala County Schools district. Nearly all students (98.49%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet the school maintains a favorable 10.5:1 student–teacher ratio, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 22.6% is better than the district’s 31.4% and close to the state’s 23.9%.
Because Long Creek is the only school in Sallis, the highlights are within specific grades and subjects. The strongest area is 6th grade math, where 80% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, far above the state’s 52.7% and essentially matching the district. Fourth grade English Language Arts also improved dramatically, jumping from 36% to 69.2% proficiency in one year. However, 6th grade ELA fell sharply from 48.2% to 25% proficiency, now well below both the district and state. Third grade math is very low at 23.5% proficiency versus 48.8% statewide, and 5th grade science is a persistent weakness at 47.8% proficiency compared to 71.5% statewide. These swings show performance is highly grade- and subject-dependent.
Overall, Long Creek Elementary ranks in the 37th percentile statewide with a 2-star rating for 2025–2026, down from the 56th percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024. This decline occurred even though some individual scores improved, indicating the school has not kept pace with other Mississippi elementary schools. Notably, the district itself is high-performing (76th percentile, 4 stars), which makes Long Creek’s below-average results stand out even more. For parents, this means the school offers some bright spots—especially in 6th grade math—but also clear areas needing support, particularly science, 3rd grade math, and 6th grade ELA. Targeted attention to these subjects could help stabilize outcomes and reverse the downward ranking trend.
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