Summary:
Zip code 39744, serving the Eupora area in Mississippi, is home to 2 schools in the Webster County Schools district: Eupora High School and Eupora Elementary School. The district is well-regarded, ranking 29th out of 134 districts in Mississippi with a 4-star rating, though both schools currently hold 3-star ratings. Eupora High School serves grades 6 through 12 with 437 students, functioning as a combined middle and high school, while Eupora Elementary School serves grades PK through 5 with 401 students. There are no standalone middle schools or alternative schools in the zip code.
These two schools are moving in opposite directions. Eupora High School showed a strong turnaround in 2025–2026, jumping from the 36th to the 54th percentile in state rankings, with 7th grade math proficiency climbing from 46.4% to 68.3% and 8th grade math rising from 31.1% to 50.7%. However, its graduation rate of just 76.6% lags significantly behind the district rate of 87.5% and the state rate of 89.2%. Eupora Elementary School, once ranked 46th out of 390 elementary schools in Mississippi in 2023–2024, has declined to 165th out of 377, with 5th grade math proficiency falling from 69.9% to 44.8% — a drop from nearly 22 points above the state average to nearly 5 points below it.
Both schools share a serious challenge: chronic absenteeism rates around 32%, well above the district's 26.0% and the state's 23.9%. The elementary school also serves a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, with a 66.1% free/reduced lunch rate compared to 57.9% at the high school. With no standalone middle school, students transition directly from a PK–5 elementary environment into a 6–12 secondary setting, which may be a difficult adjustment. The district should investigate why the high school is improving while the elementary school is declining, and consider sharing successful strategies across grade spans to ensure elementary students arrive at Eupora High School with strong math foundations.
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