Elementary Schools in Senatobia Municipal School District

Senatobia Municipal School District is served by a single elementary school, Senatobia Elementary School, which enrolls 879 students in grades PK through 5 in the town of Senatobia, Mississippi. The school has maintained a stable, mid-tier state ranking over the past three years, hovering in the 61st to 63rd percentile among Mississippi elementary schools, while the district itself ranks in the 71st percentile statewide with a 4-star rating.

The school’s clearest strength is early-grade mathematics. In 2024–25, 3rd grade math proficiency was 71.1% compared to 53.3% statewide, and 4th grade math reached 66.7% versus 56.6% statewide — impressive given that 66.33% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch. However, math scores declined noticeably across all tested grades in 2025–26, with 3rd grade dropping 12.4 points, 4th grade falling 4.9 points, and 5th grade slipping 6.1 points. By 5th grade, math proficiency fell to 48.0%, now slightly below the state average of 49.6%. ELA performance is inconsistent by grade and year: 3rd grade ELA jumped from below state to above state, 4th grade dipped below state, and 5th grade improved to 58.0% versus 55.8% statewide. Science in 5th grade remains a relative bright spot, though it slipped from 70.7% proficiency to 69.6%, now just below the state’s 71.5%.

Chronic absenteeism at Senatobia Elementary School is 19.9%, lower than the district’s 23.6% and the state’s 23.9%, meaning roughly 1 in 5 students still miss significant school time. The student–teacher ratio is 17:1. With only one elementary school in the district, all comparisons are drawn against state averages and year-over-year trends. The biggest concern is the across-the-board decline in math proficiency, while the school’s ability to outperform state math averages in grades 3 and 4 despite high economic disadvantage stands out as a meaningful positive finding. For parents, this is a stable school with strong lower-elementary math, mixed ELA results, and a need to watch the recent downward trend in math.