Summary:
The ZIP code 39339 in Louisville, Mississippi contains five schools within the Louisville Municipal School District, ranging from early elementary through high school, with the district ranking near the middle of Mississippi schools at 69th out of 134 districts. This is a high-poverty area overall, with roughly three-quarters of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and the schools show a dramatic split between one standout performer and several schools stuck in the bottom quartile of state rankings.
The clear academic standout is Nanih Waiya Attendance Center, a K-12 alternative school that outperformed the district's traditional schools by massive margins in 2024-25, including a 42.8-point gap in 4th-grade math and a 40-point gap in 8th-grade ELA compared to Louisville Elementary and Eiland Middle respectively. It also posted the lowest chronic absenteeism rate (20.1%) and a 92.5% graduation rate, but its 2025-26 scores fell sharply, showing volatility in small cohorts. By contrast, Louisville High boasts a 96.5% graduation rate and strong Algebra I results (82.9% proficient), yet suffers from a 36.4% chronic absenteeism rate and alarmingly low English II proficiency at just 33.6%, suggesting many students graduate without solid literacy skills. Eiland Middle has been stuck in the bottom quartile for three straight years with 7th-grade ELA proficiency at only 14.8%, while Louisville Elementary improved its ELA scores but saw 3rd-grade math plummet to 18.8% proficiency.
Fair Elementary serves only PK-2 and has no test data, but its 86.3% poverty rate and highest student-teacher ratio of 20.7 raise concerns for early-grade instruction. For parents, the key takeaway is that Nanih Waiya demonstrates high-poverty schools can achieve strong results, but the district's middle and elementary schools need significant literacy intervention, and Louisville High's attendance problem deserves serious attention despite its impressive graduation rate.
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