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Best High Schools in Zip Code 38769


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227
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Top rankedWest Bolivar High School205th of 224 Mississippi high schools
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West Bolivar High School up 20 spots statewide this year
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Summary:

There is one high school serving zip code 38769 in Rosedale, Mississippi — West Bolivar High School, part of the West Bolivar Consolidated School District — which serves grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 227 students. This small, rural school faces significant challenges, ranking in the bottom 8% of Mississippi high schools for the 2025–2026 school year, yet it shows a few promising signs of improvement that parents should know about.

West Bolivar High School struggles most with attendance and graduation. More than half of students (50.8%) were chronically absent in 2023–2024 — well above the district rate of 32.2% and more than double the state rate of 23.9%. The 4-year graduation rate is 70.3%, far below the district's 77.3% and the state's 89.2%. Nearly all students (98.68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating an extremely high-poverty population. On state assessments, proficiency rates are generally below state averages, though the school outperforms its district in several areas. For example, 7th grade math proficiency is 30.8% (district 21.8%), 8th grade math is 24.4% (district 19.4%), and Algebra I proficiency is 51.5% (district 47.0%). However, English II proficiency is only 17.2%, which is below the district's 27.1%. The school's best subject is Algebra I; its weakest is English II.

One encouraging trend is the dramatic improvement in Algebra I: proficiency jumped from 25.6% in 2024–2025 to 51.5% in 2025–2026, a gain of nearly 26 percentage points. Still, the school's ranking has been volatile — from the 19th percentile in 2023–2024, down to the 3rd percentile in 2024–2025, and back up to the 8th percentile in 2025–2026. The student-teacher ratio of 10.6 is relatively low, allowing for more individualized attention, but it has not yet overcome the barriers of absenteeism and poverty. While the school remains in the bottom tier of Mississippi high schools, the recent gains in math and a slight ranking improvement offer a cautiously positive outlook for this community.

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