Summary:
Zip code 39456 is home to exactly one school: Mclain Attendance Center, a K-8 elementary school in Mc Lain, Mississippi, serving 160 students within the Greene County Schools district. This small, rural school functions more like a K-8 school than a traditional elementary school, with no separate middle or high schools in the area. The school serves an almost universally economically disadvantaged population, with 98.12% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, yet it maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.2 to 1, allowing for potentially more individualized instruction.
Mclain Attendance Center has several notable strengths despite its current 1-star state ranking (325th out of 377 schools). The school outperforms both its district and the state in 7th grade ELA (42.9% vs. 38.6% district and 36.7% state) and 8th grade ELA (50% vs. 42.2% and 40.9%). Its best subject-area result is 8th grade science, where 64.3% of students are proficient, beating the state average by 6.5 points. Chronic absenteeism is also a positive: at 17.2%, it is lower than Greene County Schools' 19.9% and Mississippi's 23.9%.
The biggest area of concern is mathematics. Proficiency in 5th grade (12.5%) and 6th grade (11.1%) math is more than 30 points below state averages, and most other grades also trail significantly. Additionally, the school's state ranking has dropped from the 47th percentile in 2018-2019 to the 14th percentile in 2025-2026. However, with only 160 students, individual grade cohorts are very small, so proficiency percentages can shift quickly with targeted interventions. Parents should view this as a school with clear academic challenges, especially in math, but also genuine bright spots in middle-grade literacy and science, plus strong attendance patterns worth building on.
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