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Winona Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
246th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 383 Mississippi Elementary Schools
Better than 36% of Mississippi elementary schools
Summary

Winona Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 571 students in grades PK-6 in Winona, Mississippi. It is part of the Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District, which is ranked 88 out of 130 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Winona Elementary School is performing below the state average in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across multiple grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 36.7% to 47.6% in ELA, compared to the state averages of 49.4% to 55.9%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 25.4% to 53.4%, compared to the state averages of 48.3% to 53.3%. However, the school generally outperforms the nearby Marshall Elementary School, which is part of the Carroll County School District.

Another area of concern is Winona Elementary School's high and increasing chronic absenteeism rates, which rose from 16.0% in 2020-2021 to 23.9% in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the state's rate of 20.6%. The nearby Marshall Elementary School also had a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9% in 2022-2023. Additionally, both Winona Elementary School and Marshall Elementary School have a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 100% in recent years, indicating significant socioeconomic challenges faced by the schools' student populations.

567
Students ?
15.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,716
Per pupil spending ?
99.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 513 South Applegate Street
       Winona, MS  38967

(662) 283-4129

District: Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District


Students who attend Winona Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Winona Secondary School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
66.8%
White:
26.6%
Two or more races:
4.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 29th percentile in 2019 → 36th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2019
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (44% vs 53% meeting standards)
!Science scores 11 pts below the Mississippi average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school44%
District avg44%
Mississippi avg53%
246th of 383
Mississippi public elementary schools ?
Bottom 36%▲ up 7 pts since 2019
From bottom 29% (2019) to bottom 36% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Mississippi Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
88th of 130Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District among Mississippi districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMississippi percentileRating
202537.7246 of 38335.8%★★☆☆☆
202449.0208 of 39046.7%★★☆☆☆
202339.5231 of 37738.7%★★☆☆☆
202240.0230 of 38239.8%★★☆☆☆
202140.7221 of 38142.0%★★☆☆☆
201931.5281 of 39729.2%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Mississippi (2024-2025) ?
Science55%-11 vs state
Mathematics43%-10 vs state
English Language Arts42%-9 vs state

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Students at Winona Elementary School are 67% African American, 27% White, 4% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 567 students attended Winona Elementary School.

Winona Elementary School ranks 246th of 383 Mississippi elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Winona Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Winona Secondary School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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