Summary:
Zip code 39272, covering the Byram, Mississippi area, is served by 2 elementary schools in the Hinds County School District: Gary Road Elementary (PK-2) and Gary Road Intermediate (3-5). Together these campuses serve 1,397 students in a grade-span feeder pattern, with no middle or high schools in the zip code. The district ranks 93rd out of 134 districts statewide with a 2-star rating.
Gary Road Intermediate is the academic standout, and it is the only school in the zip code with test data. Its state ranking improved from 243rd in 2023-2024 to 191st in 2024-2025, before settling at 206th in 2025-2026. It outperformed its district in every subject and grade in both years with test data. Gary Road Elementary excels in other areas: its chronic absenteeism rate of 16.9% is well below the district rate of 23.5%, and it has a lower poverty rate (68.1% free/reduced lunch) than Gary Road Intermediate (79.3%). The intermediate school also boasts the lower student-teacher ratio (14.4 vs. 17.6).
Attendance is the biggest bright spot. Gary Road Intermediate's chronic absenteeism rate of 10.8% is less than half the state average of 23.9%, especially notable given its high poverty rate. The biggest concern is math in grades 4 and 5, where only 39.4% and 40.5% of students are proficient, compared with 51.5% and 49.6% statewide. Conversely, 3rd-grade math (56.5%) beats both the district and state. Science is a clear strength, with 78.2% of 5th-graders proficient in 2024-2025, nearly 12 points above the state. ELA proficiency also improves steadily from 40.4% in 3rd grade to 54.6% in 5th grade.
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