The top reported proficiency rate is 73% in Science. The lowest is 54% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Booneville School Dist
Booneville School District covers a single community in Prentiss County, Mississippi, serving students from prekindergarten through twelfth grade across four schools. Anderson Elementary handles the early grades, R.H. Long Booneville Middle School serves the middle years, and Booneville High School carries students through graduation. The district also hosts Northeast Mississippi Regional Alternative, an alternative school serving a broader regional population. The district is small by most standards, with enrollment distributed fairly evenly across grade bands, which gives families a consistent classmate cohort from year to year. The student body is majority white with a substantial Black minority and a smaller group identifying as two or more races; Hispanic and Asian students make up a very small slice of the population.
The district's academic results on Mississippi's MAAP assessment tell a clear story. Elementary math is a genuine strength. Third and fourth graders reach proficiency at high rates, with fourth grade standing out as the district's peak, and fifth grade remains strong. Science results at fifth and eighth grade are similarly high, landing among the better outcomes the district posts. These are results a family can feel good about, especially in the early grades where foundational skills take hold.
Middle school math is where the picture shifts. Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade proficiency rates drop noticeably from the elementary levels, settling at roughly the mid-range. ELA follows a more uneven path. Third grade ELA proficiency is modest, fourth grade climbs, and fifth grade is the district's strongest ELA result. But sixth and seventh grade ELA dip again before eighth grade recovers somewhat. A parent watching a child move from Anderson Elementary into R.H. Long Middle School may want to ask how the district supports that academic transition, because the data suggests the middle grades are where students tend to lose ground relative to their own elementary performance.
No high school state assessment results were included in the available data, and no graduation rate figure was provided. This does not necessarily indicate a problem; the data set may simply not have captured those measures for Booneville High School. A parent considering the high school should ask the district directly for its graduation rate, ACT or college-readiness data, and any Advanced Placement or dual-credit offerings, since the available records did not include them. The same applies to course access and staffing information, which were absent. The district hosts a regional alternative school, which may explain some of the gaps in standard reporting, since alternative schools often sit outside typical accountability metrics.
Several data points that families often rely on were missing. Free and reduced-price lunch rates were not reported, so it is impossible to characterize the economic profile of the student body from the district's own figures. Special education and English learner counts were also unavailable. Discipline and attendance data were not included. These are areas where a parent would need to contact the district office for current information.
The housing market in Booneville is affordable compared with both state and national levels. Home values in the district's zip code sit well below the Mississippi state benchmark and far below the national figure, and values have dipped slightly over the past year. For families, this means homeownership in the district is within reach on a modest income relative to most of the country. Rental data was not available, so renters should research local listings directly. The broader economic picture shows mortgage rates and national unemployment holding in a familiar range, nothing extreme in either direction.
No locale brief was provided for Booneville, so this account cannot speak to the texture of the town itself or its amenities beyond what the housing and enrollment data suggest. The district brief search found no major parent-relevant changes in the recent past, no tax shifts, curriculum reforms, or bond referendums that would alter a family's planning. That stability can be a comfort, though it also means there is no recent momentum story to point to.
What the data does say is that Booneville is a small, stable district with real elementary strength in math and science, a middle school where results soften, and an affordable housing market. Families who want a tight-knit setting where early grades perform well and housing costs are low will find much to like. Those whose children are entering the middle grades should ask pointed questions about academic support during that transition, and anyone considering the high school should request the college-readiness and graduation data that was not captured here.
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