Summary:
The Mitchell-area data cover nine schools—six elementary, one middle and two high schools—with results spanning elementary grades through high school. The clearest comparisons show that outcomes differ substantially from one school to another, particularly in math; an area-wide average would hide those differences.
Longfellow Elementary is the clearest elementary standout: in 2025–2026 it scored 57% in all-grades ELA and 63% in math, leading the three K–5 schools reported in both subjects and leading in grades 3, 4 and 5 as well. Mitchell Middle School had the highest reported all-grades ELA result, 58%, about 9 points above the state. At the other end, Rosedale Colony Elementary scored 33% in ELA and 13% in math—about 16 and 30 points below state results, respectively. Across schools with numeric results, the highest-to-lowest spread was 25 points in ELA and 50 in math. Abbott House Elementary had a striking eighth-grade split in 2024–2025: 100% in ELA and science, but 0% in math. Small enrollments can make results less stable, and Millbrook Colony’s 2025–2026 scores were suppressed.
Recent changes were mixed: the five-school ELA average rose about 1 point from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 while the state result fell about 2; the schools’ math average fell about 2 points, and their average advantage over the state narrowed about 2 points. Longfellow’s ELA rose 9 points, while Rosedale’s fell 13 points in ELA and 7 in math. School context also varies: in school year 2024–2025, Longfellow had 46% free/reduced lunch eligible and a 9.6 student-teacher ratio, compared with 41% and 12 at L. B. Williams Elementary and 41% and 13.7 at Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary; these figures describe context, not causes. At the high school level, Mitchell High School was above the state in 11th-grade ACT ELA and science by about 4 and 2 points, but about 1 point below in math.
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