Summary:
The Alcorn School District in northeastern Mississippi includes 3 elementary schools — Kossuth Elementary School and Alcorn Central Elementary School (grades PK-4) and Biggersville Elementary (grades PK-6) — serving a combined 1,434 students.
Kossuth Elementary School is the clear academic leader, ranking 61st out of 377 schools statewide (84th percentile, 4 stars) with steady improvement over three years. Its 4th-grade math proficiency of 82.3% is the highest in the dataset, nearly 31 points above the state average. Alcorn Central Elementary School is the most improved, jumping from 148th to 101st in state rankings while posting the lowest chronic absenteeism rate (13.4%) of the three schools; it actually outperforms Kossuth in 4th-grade ELA (67.9% vs. 58.3%). Biggersville Elementary trails both, ranking 197th with a 2-star rating and declining over recent years. It has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (77.68%) and the highest chronic absenteeism (21.1%).
The district ranks 26th out of 134 Mississippi districts (81st percentile, 4 stars), but that rating is driven mainly by Kossuth and Alcorn Central. All three schools have small class sizes with student-teacher ratios near 14:1 — Biggersville Elementary actually has the lowest ratio (13.8) yet the weakest scores, suggesting poverty, attendance, and instructional consistency matter more than class size alone. Biggersville shows a mid-elementary slump, with especially low 4th-grade ELA (35.8%) and 5th-grade math (34.2%), though its 6th-grade math is above the state average. Both Kossuth Elementary School and Alcorn Central Elementary School show notable 3rd-to-4th grade jumps in test scores. Poverty and absenteeism align closely with performance, making Biggersville the primary area of concern and the most likely to benefit from additional attendance and instructional supports.
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