Schools in Zip Code 38967

ZIP code 38967 in Winona, Mississippi, contains two public schools—Winona Elementary School (grades PK–6) and Winona Secondary School (grades 7–12)—both part of the Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District. The district ranks in the 20th percentile statewide (107 out of 134 districts), and both schools serve an almost entirely economically disadvantaged population, with over 99% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.

Winona Elementary School is the stronger of the two schools in this area. It posts better chronic absenteeism (16.0% vs. 25.6% at the secondary school), a slightly higher state ranking percentile (24th vs. 22nd), and a notable bright spot in 3rd grade math, where 58.9% of students are proficient—above the state average. Winona Secondary School, by contrast, has a graduation rate of just 77.6%, nearly 12 percentage points below the state, and also struggles with weak ELA proficiency and high chronic absenteeism. Despite having a lower student-teacher ratio (10.4 vs. 15.2), the secondary school's outcomes trail the elementary school's across most subjects.

The most striking pattern is a sharp academic falloff in the middle grades. At Winona Elementary, 3rd grade math proficiency starts above the state average but plunges to 17.4% by 5th grade, while ELA drops from 50% in 3rd grade to just 21.6% in 6th grade. Both schools have also declined steadily in state ranking percentile over the past three years—the elementary school fell from the 47th to the 24th percentile, and the secondary school from the 35th to the 22nd. For families, these data show a high-poverty district with early promise that fades as students advance, making grades 5–8 a critical window for targeted support and intervention.