Best Public Schools in Zip Code 38846

Serving the Glen, Mississippi area, zip code 38846 is home to three public schools within the Alcorn School District—a district ranked 26th out of 134 in Mississippi with an 81st percentile, 4-star rating. The feeder pattern includes Alcorn Central Elementary School (PK–4), Alcorn Central Middle School (5–8), and Alcorn Central High School (9–12), enrolling a combined 1,267 students across the district.

Within this feeder pattern, Alcorn Central Middle School stands out as the academic leader, ranking 65th out of 260 Mississippi middle schools in the 75th percentile with a 4-star rating for three consecutive years. Its 7th grade math proficiency reaches 71.4%, well above the state's 57.7%, and it outperforms the state in both ELA and math in grades 6 through 8. Alcorn Central Elementary School is the most improved, jumping from 148th to 101st in state rankings and from 3 to 4 stars; its 4th grade math proficiency soared to 72.9% versus 51.5% statewide. Alcorn Central High School leads on graduation rate (94.3% versus 89.2% statewide) and Algebra I (71.1% proficient), but it ranks lowest of the three at 98th out of 224 high schools with a 3-star rating.

The high school's chronic absenteeism rate of 31.0% is nearly double the district average of 18.3% and well above the state's 23.9%, despite having the lowest poverty rate (60.6%) and the smallest class sizes in the feeder pattern. The elementary school, despite the highest poverty level at 71.8%, shows the strongest improvement momentum. A significant red flag is the 5th grade slump: 4th grade math proficiency of 72.9% drops to just 34.5% in 5th grade, and 5th grade science trails the state by 9 points, suggesting a challenging middle school transition. With poverty rates high but performance strong in earlier grades, addressing high school attendance and supporting the transition into middle school could elevate this already solid, above-average district even further.