Summary:
The 38771 zip code area is home to a single elementary school, Ruleville Central Elementary School, which serves grades K-5 and has a total enrollment of 270 students. The school is part of the Sunflower City Consolidated School District, which is ranked 98 out of 130 school districts in Mississippi and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Ruleville Central Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Mississippi elementary schools, with rankings of 234 out of 377 in 2022-2023, 321 out of 390 in 2023-2024, and 331 out of 383 in 2024-2025. The school's academic performance lags behind both the district and state averages in proficiency rates for English Language Arts and Mathematics across grades 3-5, with the school's strongest performance being in 5th-grade Science, where 66.6% of students were proficient or better in 2024-2025, slightly above the state average. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9% for the 2022-2023 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14:1 for the 2023-2024 school year, the data suggests that Ruleville Central Elementary School is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education for its students. The school's low rankings, poor academic performance, and high chronic absenteeism rate indicate that there is room for improvement, and the school and district may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to support student success.
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