Summary:
The Booneville School District contains a single elementary school, Anderson Elementary School, serving grades PK–4 with 551 students in Booneville, MS. As the only elementary school in the district, Anderson’s performance directly reflects the district’s overall results, making school-level and district-level strategies essentially identical.
Anderson Elementary School is a 4-star school with clear strengths in mathematics and attendance. In 2025–2026, 4th grade math proficiency was 70.3% compared to 51.5% statewide, and 3rd grade math reached 67.8% versus 48.8% statewide. The school also keeps chronic absenteeism remarkably low at 12.4%, far better than the district’s 15.5% and the state’s 23.9%. Even with 71.87% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, math outcomes remain well above state averages, suggesting effective instructional supports in this area. The school has earned a 4-star rating for three consecutive reporting years, although its statewide percentile rank slipped from the 83rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 73rd percentile in both following years.
The most notable concern is 4th grade English Language Arts, which fell from 53.0% proficiency in 2024–2025 to 43.5% in 2025–2026, now 8.9 points below the state average of 52.4%. By contrast, 3rd grade ELA improved dramatically from 45.6% to 60.2%, moving 11.7 points above the state. Math declined year-over-year in both grades, but still remains far above state levels. Since these are different student cohorts, the drops may reflect group differences rather than a systemic trend, but the 4th grade reading slide is worth monitoring. Overall, Anderson Elementary is a solid, high-attendance school with exceptional math performance. Its primary opportunity for growth is upper-elementary reading, and because it is the only elementary school in the Booneville School District, any targeted improvements in 4th grade ELA would directly lift both school and district outcomes.
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