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Best Elementary Schools in Marion County, MS

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Schools

1,559

Students

Districts

Top rankedWest Marion Primary School99^th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools

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Biggest riser

East Marion Elementary School up 63 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MAAP English Language Arts (2026)			MAAP Mathematics (2026)			MAAP Science (2026)	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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Science 5th Grade	Total
Columbia Elementary School	Public	3-5	401 Mary Street	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Columbia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-2362	378	29	13.1	73.8%	202 (53.4%)	152 (40.2%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.2%)	64	128^th of 377 public elementary schools	66.0%		60.3	155^th of 383 public elementary schools	59.5%	27	53.6	53.3	56.3	65.0	55.9	48.4	74.3	$11,740
Columbia Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	913 West Avenue	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Columbia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-2216	448	35	12.9	70.1%	229 (51.1%)	181 (40.4%)	12 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)								(n/a)								$12,412
West Marion Primary School	Public	PK, KG-4	20 Cedar Street	Foxworth	39483	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-3713	435	22	19.7	99.3%	311 (71.5%)	91 (20.9%)	14 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.1%)	72.1	99^th of 377 public elementary schools	73.7%		72.5	98^th of 383 public elementary schools	74.4%	1	70.0	39.7		68.9	61.7			$11,385
East Marion Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	527 East Marion School Road	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-7290	298	17	17.8	99.0%	82 (27.5%)	190 (63.8%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.7%)	41.3	225^th of 377 public elementary schools	40.3%		27.5	288^th of 383 public elementary schools	24.8%	63	36.1	38.2	48.6	38.3	58.1	37.8	72.9	$12,929

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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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