Eiland Middle

Eiland Middle School is a public middle school in Louisville, Mississippi, serving 345 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Louisville Municipal School District, which is ranked 62 out of 130 school districts in the state and has a 3-star rating.

Eiland Middle School faces several key challenges. The school has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 22.5% to 25.1%, which is significantly higher than the state average. Academically, the school's performance on standardized tests is consistently lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 20.8% to 29.7%, compared to the state average of 37.3% to 46.7%. Similarly, in Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 34% to 46.7%, compared to the state average of 47.5% to 55.5%. Additionally, the school has a 100% free and reduced lunch rate, indicating that the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Despite these challenges, Eiland Middle School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 13.1 to 15.6 over the past few years. This suggests that the school may have a favorable learning environment with more individualized attention for students. However, the school's statewide ranking has steadily declined over the past several years, from 154 out of 257 middle schools in 2020-2021 to 193 out of 266 middle schools in 2024-2025, indicating that the school is not keeping pace with the performance of other middle schools in the state.