Summary:
Zip code 39339 in Louisville, MS is served by a single middle school — Eiland Middle — which enrolls 308 students in grades 6 through 8 within the Louisville Municipal School District. Eiland Middle is a high-poverty school, with 78.57% of students receiving free or reduced lunch, and it carries a 1-star rating from the state, ranking 196th out of 260 Mississippi middle schools (25th percentile). By comparison, the Louisville Municipal School District ranks 69th out of 134 districts statewide with a 3-star rating (49th percentile), meaning the school performs noticeably below its already mid-tier district.
Academically, Eiland Middle's clearest strength is mathematics. The school's overall math proficiency reached 46.4% in 2025–2026, up 4.8 points from the prior year, with gains in every grade level — most notably 7th-grade math at 52.9%, which surpassed the district average of 51.0%. English Language Arts, however, is a serious concern. Only 25.8% of students are proficient in ELA across grades 6–8, well below the state average of 41.9%. The 7th grade is especially alarming: just 14.8% of 7th graders are proficient in ELA, a 6.0-point decline from the previous year and less than half the state average of 36.7%. 8th-grade science also remains stagnant at 38.5% proficiency, trailing the state by nearly 20 points.
Contextual factors likely play a significant role. Chronic absenteeism stands at 25.1%, meaning roughly one in four students is chronically absent — higher than both the district (24.8%) and state (23.9%). Despite academic gains, Eiland Middle's state ranking has slipped from the 28th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 25th percentile in 2025–2026, indicating other schools are improving faster. For parents, the picture is clear: Eiland Middle offers a solid foundation in math that should be sustained, but urgent intervention is needed in 7th-grade reading/ELA and 8th-grade science to lift the school out of the bottom quartile.
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