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Winona Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
286th
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of 377 Mississippi Elementary Schools
Better than 24% of Mississippi elementary schools
Summary

Winona Elementary School is a PK-6 public school in Winona, Mississippi, serving 567 students in the Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a very high-poverty community. Compared with nearby Marshall Elementary School in the Carroll County School District, Winona posts stronger test results in most subjects despite serving a more economically disadvantaged population. For example, 58.9% of 3rd graders scored proficient in math, well above the state average of 48.8% and far ahead of Marshall's 22.0%. Winona also outperforms Marshall in 3rd-grade ELA, 4th-grade math, 5th-grade ELA, and 6th-grade math.

Attendance is a notable bright spot. Winona's chronic absenteeism rate is 16.0%, lower than the district's 20.6%, the state's 23.9%, and Marshall's 22.5%. In 3rd grade, students perform at or above state averages in both math and ELA, showing that early elementary instruction is a real strength. However, scores decline sharply in upper grades — by 5th grade, math proficiency falls to 17.4% compared with the state average of 49.6%, and 6th-grade ELA and math also fall well below state benchmarks.

The bigger concern is the school's trajectory. Winona's state ranking has slipped from 208th (2 stars) in 2023-2024 to 285th (1 star) for 2025-2026, and the gap with state averages has widened in both math and ELA over the past two years. 5th-grade science has also dropped from 69.5% proficiency in 2023-2024 to just 45.3% now. While Winona remains a stronger option than Marshall Elementary School in most subjects, the downward trend in upper grades suggests the school needs to focus on sustaining early success through 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.

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: Declining — 29th percentile in 2019 → 24th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (38% vs 53% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2019
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school38%
District avg38%
Mississippi avg53%
286th of 377
Mississippi public elementary schools ?
Bottom 24%▼ down 5 pts since 2019
From bottom 29% (2019) to bottom 24% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
105th of 133Winona-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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YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMississippi percentileRating
202628.4286 of 37724.1%★☆☆☆☆
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 (2025-2026) ?
Science45%-26 vs state
English Language Arts39%-12 vs state
Mathematics35%-15 vs state

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

Winona Elementary School ranks in the bottom 24.1% of Mississippi elementary schools.

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

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

High : Winona Secondary School

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Latest Mississippi data All new data »
2025–26 MAAP test scoresAug 21, 2026
2023–24 school spending dataSep 26, 2025
2023–24 through 2024–25 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 26, 2025
2023–24 graduation ratesSep 23, 2025


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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