Ida Greene Elementary School

Ida Greene Elementary School serves 398 students in grades PK–4 in Belzoni, MS, a small community in the Mississippi Delta where every student qualifies for free/reduced lunch. The school is part of the Mississippi Achievement School District Of Humphreys County, which ranks 131 out of 134 districts in the state. While Ida Greene's 2025–2026 state rank of 341 out of 377 elementary schools (10th percentile) is still very low, it is a meaningful improvement from the 0–1st percentile rankings it received between 2021 and 2024. The school has the largest enrollment of the three schools compared here despite serving fewer grade levels.

The academic picture is mixed. Math is a relative strength: 4th grade math proficiency reached 43.2% in 2025–2026, close to the state average of 51.5% and to S.V. Marshall Elementary School's 47.6%. This followed a remarkable climb from 5.9% in 2023–2024 and 21.2% in 2024–2025. Meanwhile, 3rd grade math proficiency was 22.3%. ELA is the urgent concern. Only 15.8% of 3rd graders and 13.6% of 4th graders were proficient in ELA, far below state averages of 48.5% and 52.4%. Ida Greene's ELA scores were the lowest among nearby schools: S.V. Marshall Elementary School posted 24.2% and 33.3%, while Moorhead Central School posted 40.9% and 30.0%.

Ida Greene also has the largest class sizes of the three schools, with a student-teacher ratio of 17.0 compared with 13.3 at S.V. Marshall Elementary School and 13.4 at Moorhead Central School. Chronic absenteeism was 22.5% in 2023–2024, essentially at the state average of 23.9% and far below S.V. Marshall's 34.1%, though well above Moorhead Central's 11.5%. All three schools serve 100% free/reduced lunch populations, yet their outcomes vary considerably, suggesting that school-level practices play a role. The encouraging story is 4th grade math, but the persistent challenge is reading: many students are leaving Ida Greene after 4th grade already behind in literacy, which may shape their success in later grades.