Summary:
Zip code 38922 contains one elementary school, Coffeeville Elementary School, serving grades PK–8 in the Coffeeville School District in Mississippi. This small school enrolls 257 students with a favorable 12:1 student-to-teacher ratio, but it faces significant economic challenges—100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Coffeeville Elementary shows real pockets of academic strength. In 2024–2025, 8th grade science proficiency hit 75%, a full 20 points above the state average, and remained above average in 2025–2026 at 61.6%. Seventh grade math is another bright spot, posting 68.2% proficiency in the most recent year compared to the state's 57.7%. Fifth grade ELA also stood out in 2024–2025 at 65.4%, well above the state's 55.9%. However, performance varies widely by grade and subject. Math scores swing dramatically—4th grade jumped from 26.3% to 46.9% in one year, while 6th grade fell from 56.5% to 39.2%. The school struggles most with middle-school ELA, where 6th grade proficiency was just 35.7% and 7th grade dropped from 46.1% to 31.8% year-over-year, leaving students below state averages in most reading and writing measures.
A major concern is chronic absenteeism: 38.0% of students miss enough school to be considered chronically absent, far above the state's 23.9% rate and nearly identical to the district's 37.4%. This likely contributes to the school's declining state ranking, which slipped from the 55th percentile (3 stars) in 2023–2024 to the 41st percentile (2 stars) in 2025–2026. Because Coffeeville Elementary is the only school in its district, the school's results are the district's results, making its successes and challenges especially important for the local community. While the school demonstrates that high-poverty students can achieve above state averages in specific subjects, improving attendance and consistency across grade levels will be key to reversing the downward trend.
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