Summary:
Zip code 39341, located in Macon, Mississippi, contains one elementary school — Earl Nash Elementary — which serves grades PK through 5 and enrolls 611 students in the Noxubee County School District.
Earl Nash Elementary serves a student population where 99.67% qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating an extremely high level of economic disadvantage. Academically, the school ranks in the bottom 2 to 5 percent of Mississippi elementary schools and has received 0 stars in each of the past three school years. Proficiency rates trail the state significantly in every subject. Math is the most critical concern: proficiency falls from 22.5% in 3rd grade to just 4.1% in 6th grade, while the state average remains near 50%. By comparison, 5th grade science is the school's relative strength at 42.7% proficiency. Chronic absenteeism runs at 23.5%, essentially equal to the state average.
Year-over-year results have been mixed. Third grade math improved from 14.4% to 22.5%, and 5th grade math rose from 10.3% to 14.6%. However, 4th grade ELA dropped sharply from 32.0% to 22.2%. Notably, the school's test scores exactly match the district's scores in every subject and grade, meaning Earl Nash Elementary effectively defines Noxubee County's elementary outcomes. While science shows promise and some grades are improving, the overall picture is one of a school facing substantial academic hurdles, especially in mathematics, compounded by near-universal poverty.
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