Summary:
New Albany Public Schools is home to a single elementary school, New Albany Elementary School, serving grades PK–5 with 1,074 students in a district that ranks 16th out of 134 districts statewide.
New Albany Elementary School is a consistently high-performing school, earning a 4-star rating for three straight years and never falling below the 80th percentile in Mississippi's state rankings. In 2025–2026 it ranked 69th out of 377 elementary schools, up from 78th the prior year. The school outperforms the state in nearly every subject and grade tested, with its biggest strengths in 5th grade Science (91.7% proficient vs. 71.5% statewide) and 5th grade Math (69.6% vs. 49.6%). Even in 3rd grade ELA, the one area where the school trailed the state average in 2024–2025, it rebounded strongly the next year to 53.4%, above the state's 48.5%.
Despite serving a student body where 65.36% qualify for free or reduced lunch, New Albany Elementary School maintains a chronic absenteeism rate of just 10.7%—less than half the statewide rate of 23.9%. The student-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. There are some notable year-over-year shifts in individual grade levels, such as 4th grade Math dropping from 77.2% to 60.7% proficiency and 4th grade ELA declining from 66.2% to 54.8%, but these likely reflect different cohort abilities or curriculum adjustments rather than systemic issues. Overall, this is a stable, high-achieving school that punches above its weight and serves as a model for elementary education in Mississippi.
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