Summary:
The Leland School District contains one elementary school, Edna M Scott Elementary School, which serves grades 1–5 in Leland, Mississippi, with 239 students and a student-teacher ratio of 18:1. Because this is the district's only elementary school, its results directly reflect the elementary performance of the district, which is ranked 81st out of 134 Mississippi districts.
Edna M Scott has shown that it can achieve above state averages despite serving a high-poverty student population, with 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. In the 2024–2025 school year, 5th grade science proficiency was an impressive 86.5%, exceeding the state average by 20.2 points, and 5th grade math also came in above the state at 57.7% versus 48.3%. The following year, 3rd grade ELA rose to 55.5%, surpassing the state average of 48.5%. Chronic absenteeism at 17.0% is also notably better than both the district average of 17.8% and the state average of 23.9%.
However, the school has experienced significant volatility between school years. Most striking is 5th grade science, which fell from 86.5% proficiency to 51.2%, a decline of 35.3 points, while the state average rose. Likewise, 5th grade math dropped 21.1 points, from 57.7% to 36.6%. Upper elementary ELA is a persistent challenge, with 4th and 5th grade scores falling further below state averages in the most recent year. These changes help explain why the school's state percentile dropped from the 47th in 2024–2025 to the 27th in 2025–2026, and its star rating fell from 2 stars to 1 star. The biggest takeaway for parents is that this school has demonstrated real strengths, but outcomes can swing sharply from year to year, making it important to watch trends carefully.
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