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Best Elementary Schools in Pontotoc County, MS

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Schools

2,549

Students

Districts

Top rankedDT Cox Elementary School86^th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools

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DT Cox Elementary School up 13 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	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
North Pontotoc Elementary School	Public	K-4	8324 Hwy 15 North	Ecru	38841	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 489-5613	762	47	16.3	99.6%	509 (66.8%)	73 (9.6%)	145 (19.0%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.7%)	62.1	141^st of 377 public elementary schools	62.6%		65.5	130^th of 383 public elementary schools	66.1%	11	51.0	56.1		39.7	65.5			$7,681
South Pontotoc Elementary School	Public	K-5	1523 South Pontotoc Rd	Pontotoc	38863	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 489-5925	776	53	14.5	99.6%	618 (79.6%)	59 (7.6%)	63 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.6%)	72.8	95^th of 377 public elementary schools	74.8%		75	83^rd of 383 public elementary schools	78.3%	12	56.0	62.3	56.5	60.0	71.0	59.3	74.1	$9,305
DT Cox Elementary School	Public	3-4	304 Clark Street	Pontotoc	38863	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 489-2454	354	28	12.8	72.9%	174 (49.2%)	84 (23.7%)	75 (21.2%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	74.4	86^th of 377 public elementary schools	77.2%		72.4	99^th of 383 public elementary schools	74.2%	13	55.2	58.3		56.5	73.9			$11,270
Pontotoc Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	145 Fred Dowdy Street	Pontotoc	38863	Pontotoc County	Pontotoc City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 489-4973	657	41	16.0	73.1%	313 (47.6%)	167 (25.4%)	129 (19.6%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.1%)								(n/a)								$10,038

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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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