Summary:
The North Pike Schools district contains one elementary school, North Pike Elementary School, serving grades K–4 with an enrollment of 781 students in a high-poverty area where over 70% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Because this is the only elementary school in the district, its test scores double as the district's elementary scores, so the most meaningful comparisons are against state averages and year-over-year trends.
The school has consistently earned a 3-star rating and ranked in the upper half of Mississippi elementary schools, though recent test scores show a broad decline from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. In English Language Arts, 3rd grade proficiency dropped from 51.3% to 46.0%, and 4th grade fell from 53.5% to 50.0%. Math saw even larger declines, with 3rd grade dropping from 57.4% to 44.7% and 4th grade slipping from 59.2% to 56.9%. The steepest drop was 3rd grade math, falling 12.7 percentage points. In the most recent year, the school now sits below the state average in three of four tested areas, but remains a bright spot in 4th grade math, where it beats the state by 5.4 points.
Notably, in 2024–2025, North Pike Elementary exceeded state averages in all four tested subject/grade combinations despite its high-poverty population, suggesting strong prior performance. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 21.1% is lower than the district (22.9%) and state (23.9%), though still roughly 1 in 5 students. The school's ranking percentile slipped from 60th to 55th, and its 3-star rating masks the recent academic slide. If test scores continue to fall, the school's solid statewide ranking could be at risk, but its moderate student-teacher ratio of 15.5 and its demonstrated ability to beat state averages, especially in 4th grade math, give parents reason for cautious optimism.
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