Summary:
Zip code 38824 has just one elementary school, Baldwyn Elementary, which serves grades K–4 and enrolls 279 students in the Baldwyn School District, a high-poverty area where 77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Because it is the only elementary school in the zip code, Baldwyn Elementary’s scores are essentially the district’s elementary results. The school is academically low-performing relative to Mississippi: its state percentile rank fell from 30th in 2023–2024 to 18th in 2025–2026, and its star rating dropped from 2 stars to 1 star. In the most recent testing year, every grade and subject trailed the state. The largest gap was in 3rd grade math, where only 25.5% of students were proficient versus 48.8% statewide. Fourth grade ELA was the strongest subject but still 12.8 points below the state. Scores are also volatile from year to year — 3rd grade math plunged 24.5 points, while 4th grade ELA rose 14 points — suggesting cohort differences in a small school rather than a consistent trend.
One clear bright spot is attendance. Despite high poverty, Baldwyn Elementary’s chronic absenteeism rate is 13.8%, far better than the district’s 16.8% and the state’s 23.9%. The district itself ranks 64th out of 134 districts (3 stars), which is better than the elementary school’s 18th-percentile state rank, meaning other grade levels in the district may be performing better. For parents, the key takeaway is that Baldwyn Elementary has a solid attendance foundation but needs significant academic improvement, especially in mathematics.
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