The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in Science. The lowest is 21% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Clarksdale Collegiate District
Clarksdale Collegiate District operates as a single public charter school serving the Clarksdale area in Coahoma County, Mississippi. The district comprises one school, Clarksdale Collegiate, which has been growing on a planned expansion model, adding one grade per year since it opened with the early elementary grades. According to publicly reported information, the school completed its founding growth plan in the current school year by reaching the full kindergarten through eighth-grade span it set out to serve. Families in Clarksdale and the surrounding county now have a charter option covering the complete elementary and middle school range, with enrollment having grown steadily since the school's early days.
The student body is predominantly Black, with small proportions of white, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Total enrollment sits in a moderate range for a single-school charter district of this grade span. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so the economic profile of the student body cannot be characterized from the provided information. Special education and English learner counts were also missing, so the prevalence of those services cannot be described.
On state assessments through Mississippi's MAAP, the academic picture is mixed. English language arts is the relative strength. Across most tested grades, ELA proficiency lands in a consistent band, with roughly a third of students or slightly above meeting proficiency in third through sixth grades and again in eighth grade. Seventh grade ELA was somewhat lower. The consistency across grades in ELA suggests a reasonably stable literacy program, though the overall proficiency levels leave room for growth.
Mathematics tells a different story. Proficiency rates in math are lower across nearly every grade, dipping to their lowest in fifth grade. Seventh grade math stands out as an exception, where proficiency rises well above the other grades. Without multi-year trend data, it is hard to say whether this represents a cohort effect, a particular instructional strength, or year-to-year variation. The absence of trend comparability data means a parent looking at year-over-year progress would need to ask the school directly.
Science results, available for fifth and eighth grades, were comparatively strong. Eighth grade science proficiency was the highest single result across all subjects and grades in the available data, and fifth grade science was solid as well. Participation rates were not reported for any subject or grade, so the completeness of testing cannot be confirmed from this data.
Several categories of information that parents often look for were not available in the provided data. There was no locale brief or community and economic context for Clarksdale or Coahoma County, so housing costs, rental rates, and broader community characteristics cannot be described here. No neighbor comparison data was provided, so this district cannot be positioned against other districts in the county. Civil rights data, including discipline and course access information, was absent. Program offerings, staffing details, and attendance data were also not included.
What the data does show is a charter district that has completed its planned growth to a full kindergarten-through-eighth-grade model and is serving a predominantly Black student body in the Clarksdale area. The academic results suggest a school where literacy is a relative strength and math is an area of concern, with science as a particular bright spot in the upper grades. A parent considering this school may want to ask about the school's math improvement strategy, what explains the strong seventh grade math result, and how the school supports students who are approaching but not yet reaching proficiency. The expansion from a small early-elementary start to a full elementary and middle school is itself a sign of sustained demand from families in the area.
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