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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 38654

At a glance

Schools

5,766

Students

5-star school

Top rankedLewisburg Intermediate School25^th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools

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Smallest classes

Overpark Elementary School 14.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

2★

4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Zip code 38654 in Olive Branch, Mississippi, is served by 9 elementary-level schools within the DeSoto County School District, a 3-star district ranked 45th of 134 in Mississippi. These schools enroll roughly 5,766 students, with individual enrollments ranging from 472 at Olive Branch Intermediate School to 1,079 at Pleasant Hill Elementary School. Grade configurations vary: Pleasant Hill, Center Hill Elementary School, and Overpark Elementary School serve PK-5, while Lewisburg and Olive Branch each use three-school feeder patterns that separate primary, elementary, and intermediate grades.

The Lewisburg feeder pattern is the clear academic standout. Lewisburg Intermediate School ranks 25th of 377 schools statewide (5 stars) and posts the zip's highest 5th-grade science proficiency at 86.9%, while Lewisburg Elementary School has the highest 3rd-grade math (81.7%) and ELA (67.5%) scores and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.2%. Lewisburg Primary School completes the pattern with just a 23.2% free/reduced lunch rate. By contrast, the Olive Branch feeder pattern struggles: Chickasaw Elementary School has the zip's lowest 3rd-grade math (26.2%) and highest poverty rate (63.8%), and Olive Branch Intermediate School ranks 221st (2 stars) with a 62.9% poverty rate. Overpark Elementary School also dropped from 4 stars to 2 stars as math proficiency fell 19-25 points across all grade levels.

Despite these struggles, the zip's average test scores exceed district and state averages in every subject, driven largely by Lewisburg, Pleasant Hill, and Center Hill. Science is a relative strength (75.8% zip average vs. 71.5% statewide), and all nine schools have chronic absenteeism below the district average of 26.4%. Student-teacher ratios don't explain performance: Overpark has the lowest ratio (14.7) yet declined sharply, while Lewisburg Primary has the highest (17.7). The overarching pattern is socioeconomic: the Lewisburg feeder (~22.7% poverty) consistently outperforms the Olive Branch feeder (~62.0% poverty), making this zip a tale of two very different educational experiences.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MAAP English Language Arts (2026)			MAAP Mathematics (2026)			MAAP Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Science 5th Grade	Total
Olive Branch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-1	9549 E Pigeon Roost	Olive Branch	38654	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 895-2256	504	30	16.8	59.3%	180 (35.7%)	210 (41.7%)	63 (12.5%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (8.9%)								(n/a)								$11,397
Olive Branch Intermediate School	Public	4-5	8631 E. Pigeon Roost	Olive Branch	38654	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 893-1221	472	29	16.2	62.9%	169 (35.8%)	215 (45.6%)	48 (10.2%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.4%)	41.8	222^nd of 377 public elementary schools	41.1%		47	204^th of 383 public elementary schools	46.7%	18		37.5	55.0		36.7	46.3	69.6	$10,717
Center Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13662 Center Hill Road	Olive Branch	38654	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 890-7705	788	47	16.9	42.0%	325 (41.2%)	321 (40.7%)	77 (9.8%)	23 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	39 (4.9%)	74.3	88^th of 377 public elementary schools	76.7%		76.1	76^th of 383 public elementary schools	80.2%	12	50.9	67.7	49.3	75.0	75.6	65.4	77.2	$9,326
Chickasaw Elementary School	Public	2-3	6391 Chickasaw Drive	Olive Branch	38654	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 895-6664	500	33	15.1	63.8%	177 (35.4%)	223 (44.6%)	51 (10.2%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.8%)								(n/a)	37.3			26.2				$11,316
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7686 Pleasant Hill Road	Olive Branch	38654	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 890-9654	1,079	65	16.7	42.1%	381 (35.3%)	471 (43.7%)	91 (8.4%)	35 (3.2%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	97 (9.0%)	69.4	110^th of 377 public elementary schools	70.8%		76.4	74^th of 383 public elementary schools	80.7%	36	45.4	59.6	63.6	50.5	68.4	57.4	79.3	$9,903
Lewisburg Elementary School	Public	2-3	1717 Craft Road	Olive Branch	38654	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 895-8750	604	37	16.3	25.3%	438 (72.5%)	85 (14.1%)	41 (6.8%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.6%)								(n/a)	67.5			81.7				$10,699
Overpark Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8530 Forest Hill Irene Road	Olive Branch	38654	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 890-8745	635	43	14.7	52.6%	203 (32.0%)	296 (46.6%)	86 (13.5%)	13 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.8%)	47.2	197^th of 377 public elementary schools	47.7%		69	115^th of 383 public elementary schools	70.0%	82	51.4	54.6	54.4	41.2	45.3	35.1	65.8	$10,257
Lewisburg Primary School	Public	PK, KG-1	1707 Craft Rd	Olive Branch	38654	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 893-6001	578	33	17.7	23.2%	428 (74.0%)	68 (11.8%)	45 (7.8%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.0%)								(n/a)								$10,939
Lewisburg Intermediate School	Public	4-5	1711 Craft Road	Olive Branch	38654	DeSoto County	Desoto County School District	No	No	No	No	(662) 892-6180	606	40	15.1	19.6%	452 (74.6%)	80 (13.2%)	38 (6.3%)	13 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.8%)	90.2	25^th of 377 public elementary schools	93.4%		91.8	19^th of 383 public elementary schools	95.0%	6		69.2	75.7		73.6	72.3	86.9	$10,521

Cities Near Zip Code 38654

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Olive Branch	1.92 mi	15	39^th
Southaven	4.37 mi	10	103^rd
Horn Lake	8.31 mi	6	150^th
Hernando	9.05 mi	7	1^st
Nesbit	10.45 mi	1

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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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