Summary:
The Amory School District in Mississippi includes two elementary schools — West Amory Elementary School serving grades K–2 and East Amory Elementary serving grades 3–5 — serving a combined 669 students in a high-poverty area where about two-thirds of elementary students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The district itself is rated 4 stars and ranks 40th out of 134 Mississippi districts, placing it in the 70th percentile statewide.
Since West Amory covers only K–2, it has no state test scores, which makes East Amory Elementary the academic standout — it carries all of the district’s elementary MAAP assessment data and outperforms state averages in nearly every subject. In 2025–2026, East Amory posted a 63.5% ELA proficiency rate and 60.4% in math, compared to state averages of 52.2% and 50.0%, respectively. Fifth-grade science is especially strong at 84% proficiency versus 71.5% statewide. The school’s state rank has also improved steadily from 89th (77th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 76th (80th percentile) in 2025–2026. Meanwhile, West Amory Elementary stands out in attendance: despite having a higher poverty rate (68.7% vs. 64.7%) and a higher student–teacher ratio (13.2 vs. 11.8), it posted a slightly lower chronic absenteeism rate of 22.2% compared to East Amory’s 22.7% — both below the state average of 23.9%.
Both schools face the same district challenge of elevated chronic absenteeism, though they are about 5 percentage points better than the district-wide average of 27.4%. Roughly 1 in 5 students is still chronically absent, which is a concern. At East Amory, year-to-year swings in test scores — like 3rd-grade math dropping from 77% to 61.4% and 4th-grade ELA jumping from 47.3% to 63% — likely reflect different cohorts but are worth monitoring. Overall, Amory’s elementary students are performing well above state averages, especially in math and science, and the K–2 / 3–5 structure provides a clean picture of academic progress through the early grades.
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