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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 39653

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Zip code 39653 in Meadville, Mississippi, is served by a single elementary school: Franklin Lower Elementary, a PK-3 campus with 379 students in the Franklin County School District. The district ranks 84th out of 134 districts statewide, placing it in the 37th percentile with a 2-star rating, while the school itself ranks 228th out of 377 elementary schools (40th percentile, 2 stars). Approximately 77.84% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, reflecting a high-poverty population where early academic support is especially important.

Academically, Franklin Lower Elementary showed strong early-grade performance. In the most recent testing year, 3rd grade math proficiency reached 52.3%, 3.5 points above the state average, and 3rd grade ELA reached 51.5%, 3.0 points above the state. Fourth grade math also exceeded the state by 4.4 points at 55.9%. The prior year was even more impressive: 3rd grade math proficiency was 71.4%, an 18.1-point advantage over the state, and 3rd grade ELA was 63.0%, 13.6 points higher. However, results weaken considerably in later grades. Fifth grade math proficiency was just 31.2% versus 49.6% statewide, and 6th grade math was 26.5% versus 52.7%, a 26.2-point gap. Science also lags, with only 57.2% of 5th graders proficient compared to 71.5% statewide.

A notable strength is attendance. Despite the high poverty rate, chronic absenteeism at Franklin Lower Elementary is 16.1%, well below the district's 21.4% and the state's 23.9%. The student-teacher ratio is a reasonable 15.1:1. One caution: school-level test scores exactly match district-level scores for every subject and grade, which suggests the data may reflect the district as a whole rather than this campus alone, or that the district's reporting combines all grades. Families should keep this in mind when interpreting 4th-6th grade results, since the school itself only serves PK-3. Overall, Franklin Lower Elementary excels at building early literacy and math foundations, particularly in 3rd grade, but the surrounding district shows clear challenges in upper-elementary proficiency and science that families may want to investigate further.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Total
Franklin County Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	481 Hwy. 98 East	Meadville	39653	Franklin County	Franklin County School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(601) 384-2940	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 39653

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Meadville	1.02 mi	4	131^st
Brookhaven	18.52 mi	11
Fayette	20.31 mi	5	149^th
Liberty	21.29 mi	4	120^th
Bogue Chitto	24.97 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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