Summary:
Zip code 38721 contains exactly one middle school, South Delta Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 in Anguilla, Mississippi, with an enrollment of 138 students. The school is part of the South Delta School District, a district that ranks 117 out of 134 districts statewide. Every student at South Delta Middle School qualifies for free or reduced lunch, meaning the school serves a 100% economically disadvantaged population — important context when evaluating its test scores.
South Delta Middle School's clearest strength is mathematics. In 2025-2026, 64.7% of 7th graders were proficient in math, outperforming the state average of 57.7%, and 8th grade math exactly matched the state average at 51.4%. Six graders also improved by 10 points year-over-year. English Language Arts, however, remains the biggest challenge: only 11.4% of 8th graders reached proficiency in ELA in 2025-2026, compared to 40.9% statewide — a gap of nearly 30 points. Chronic absenteeism is also elevated, with 33.3% of students chronically absent versus 23.9% statewide, which likely contributes to literacy struggles.
Despite low absolute scores, the school is gaining momentum. From 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, 7th grade ELA improved by 17.9 points, 6th grade math by 10.0 points, and 8th grade science by 8.9 points; the only significant decline was 8th grade ELA, which fell by 9.0 points. This progress lifted the school's state ranking from the 24th to the 32nd percentile and improved its star rating from 1 to 2 stars. South Delta Middle School now ranks above its district as a whole, indicating that other schools in the district are pulling down the district-level numbers. With continued gains in literacy and reductions in absenteeism, the school is positioned to keep climbing.
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