Summary:
In zip code 39451, there is just one elementary school — Leakesville Elementary School — serving grades PK through 4 with 423 students in the Greene County, Mississippi area. The school is part of Greene County Schools, a district rated 3 stars, but Leakesville itself holds a 2-star rating and ranks in the lower half of Mississippi elementary schools (212th out of 377 in 2025–2026). Nearly all students (99.29%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making this a very high-need school, yet the student-teacher ratio of 15.9 is relatively favorable.
Academically, Leakesville outperforms its district in most recent MAAP test areas. In 2025–2026, it beat the district by 2.7 points in 3rd-grade ELA, 0.2 points in 4th-grade ELA, 5.4 points in 3rd-grade math, and 5.9 points in 4th-grade math. However, compared to the state, the school trails in most subjects, especially English Language Arts, where proficiency rates (45.7% in 3rd and 45.6% in 4th) remain about 5–7 points below Mississippi averages. The clearest bright spot is 4th-grade math, where 50.6% of students were proficient — nearly matching the state average of 51.5% and representing a strong 6.8-point improvement over the previous year. In contrast, 3rd-grade math dropped sharply from 51.3% to 39.5%, the largest year-over-year decline in the data.
Encouragingly, chronic absenteeism at Leakesville is just 15.1%, well below the district rate of 19.9% and the state rate of 23.9% — a notable achievement given the school’s high poverty level. The school’s state rank improved from 240th to 212th between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, and it clearly leads its district in most tested areas. Still, the 2-star rating and persistent gaps in literacy and early-grade math show there is significant room for growth. For parents, Leakesville offers a supportive attendance environment and relative academic leadership within Greene County, but overall performance remains below state averages.
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