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South Delta Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
304th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 377 Mississippi Elementary Schools
Better than 19% of Mississippi elementary schools
Summary

South Delta Elementary School in Rolling Fork, MS, serves 234 students in grades PK–5 and is part of the South Delta School District. The school recently earned a 1-star rating from the state, placing it in the 20th percentile of Mississippi elementary schools—a meaningful improvement from the previous two years, when it ranked in the single digits. All students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making this an extremely high-poverty school, yet the student-teacher ratio is a relatively favorable 13:1. The school's performance essentially determines the entire district's rating, as it is the only tested school in the district.

When compared to Sanders Elementary School, its nearest comparable school in Hollandale about 17 miles away, South Delta comes out ahead in most subjects. In 4th-grade math, South Delta's proficiency rate of 30% was nearly triple Sanders' 10.3%. South Delta also led in 3rd and 4th grade ELA by 7–8 points. One of the most encouraging signs is a dramatic 24-point jump in 5th-grade ELA proficiency, from 25.9% to 50.0% in a single year. The school also maintains a slightly lower student-teacher ratio than Sanders (13:1 vs. 14.1:1). Chronic absenteeism, a concern for many high-poverty schools, stands at 23.2%—right at the state average of 23.9% and notably better than the district's overall rate of 34.1%.

Despite these gains, math remains the school's greatest academic challenge. Proficiency rates in 2025–2026 were 28.2% in 3rd grade, 30.0% in 4th grade, and just 20.0% in 5th grade—all far below state averages. Interestingly, 5th-grade science proficiency was 63.4%, a 43-point gap compared to math in the same grade. There is also a positive story emerging: the cohort that struggled in 4th grade rebounded strongly in 5th-grade ELA. However, with nearly one in four students still chronically absent and rankings well below the school's 2016–2017 peak, sustained focus on attendance and math instruction will be critical to turning this recent momentum into a lasting turnaround.

234
Students ?
13.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,331
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 138 Weathers Avenue
       Rolling Fork, MS  39159

(662) 873-4849

District: South Delta School District


Students who attend South Delta Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    South Delta Middle School
High:    South Delta High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
100.0%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 2nd percentile in 2023 → 19th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 19th (2026) from a 2nd-percentile low (2023)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (37% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)
!Mathematics scores 23 pts below the Mississippi average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school37%
District avg37%
Mississippi avg54%
304th of 377
Mississippi public elementary schools ?
Bottom 19%▼ down 15 pts since 2016
From bottom 35% (2016) to bottom 19% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
117th of 133South Delta 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
202624.4304 of 37719.4%★☆☆☆☆
202513.9349 of 3838.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.9352 of 3909.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.4369 of 3772.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.9325 of 38214.9%★☆☆☆☆
202114.4334 of 38112.3%★☆☆☆☆
201923.7315 of 39720.7%★☆☆☆☆
201832.6279 of 40430.9%★★☆☆☆
201746.3209 of 40648.5%★★☆☆☆
201633.1257 of 39434.8%★★☆☆☆
201533.4267 of 40233.6%★★☆☆☆
201439.7250 of 39436.5%★★☆☆☆
201367.4135 of 40866.9%★★★☆☆
201275.789 of 41478.5%★★★★☆
201171.498 of 41876.6%★★★★☆
201077.273 of 40381.9%★★★★☆
200979.365 of 39283.4%★★★★☆
200863.0138 of 39465.0%★★★☆☆
By subject vs Mississippi (2025-2026) ?
Science63%-8 vs state
English Language Arts40%-12 vs state
Mathematics27%-23 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about South Delta Elementary School

In the 2024-25 school year, 234 students attended South Delta Elementary School.

South Delta Elementary School ranks in the bottom 19.4% of Mississippi elementary schools.

Students at South Delta Elementary School are 100% African American.

Students who attend South Delta Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : South Delta Middle School
High : South Delta High 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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