Summary:
The Booneville School District in Booneville, MS, serves a single middle school—R.H. Long Booneville Middle School—which educates 416 students in grades 5 through 8. As the district's only middle school, its performance is the district's middle-level performance, and the district currently ranks 22nd out of 134 districts statewide (84th percentile with a 4-star rating), making this school a critical anchor for the district's reputation.
R.H. Long Booneville Middle School shows clear strengths despite serving a student body where 65.87% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school has outperformed state averages in the majority of MAAP assessments over two consecutive school years. Its strongest 2024-2025 results included 5th grade mathematics at 74.4% proficient (vs. 48.3% statewide) and 8th grade science at 74.2% proficient (vs. 54.7% statewide). In 2025-2026, the school remained above state averages in 8 of 10 tested areas, posting its largest advantages in 5th grade mathematics (+16.0 points) and 8th grade English Language Arts (+10.0 points). Chronic absenteeism stands at just 12.2%, well below both the district (15.5%) and state (23.9%) rates, while the student-teacher ratio is a favorable 14.9.
While the school has seen some year-over-year volatility, it remains a strong state performer. Its state ranking has ranged from the 65th to 78th percentile over the past three years, peaking in 2024-2025 with a 4-star rating and a 58th place finish out of 266 schools. The most recent year saw a dip to a 3-star rating (83rd of 260, 68th percentile). Notable declines occurred across most ELA and math grade levels and in 8th grade science, which fell from 74.2% to 59.3% proficiency—a nearly 15-point drop even as the state improved in that subject. Still, the school remains above state averages in most subjects, including a 5th grade science proficiency of 76.6% (vs. 71.5% statewide), and its low chronic absenteeism and high achievement relative to economic disadvantage point to a stable and generally successful learning environment.
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