Summary:
The Okolona Separate School District in Mississippi has only one elementary school, Okolona Elementary School, which serves grades K-5 with an enrollment of 225 students. While the school's performance on state assessments is generally below the state average, with proficiency rates ranging from 31.6% to 52.9% in English Language Arts and 33.3% to 46.5% in Mathematics, its 5th grade Science proficiency rate of 69.7% is higher than the state average of 66.3%.
Okolona Elementary School faces significant challenges, including a very high rate of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch at 100%, indicating a high-poverty student population. The school's student-teacher ratio of 9.9 is lower than the state average, but its chronic absenteeism rate for the 2022-2023 school year was 23.9%, which is quite high. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, going from 314 out of 390 schools in 2023-2024 to 254 out of 383 schools in 2024-2025, suggesting the school is struggling to improve or maintain its performance.
Overall, the data suggests that Okolona Elementary School is facing significant challenges in terms of academic performance, socioeconomic factors, and student attendance. The school's below-average proficiency rates on state assessments and declining statewide ranking indicate a need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.
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