The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in English language arts. The lowest is 23% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Greenville Elementary School
Greenville Elementary School sits on SW Overstreet Avenue in Greenville, a very small, quiet town in the rural Florida panhandle where U.S. 90 and a nearby interstate converge. The town has seen a long, steady population decline attributed to rural outmigration, and its civic anchors are modest: a memorial park tied to native son Ray Charles, a small public library branch, and a few community facilities the town has added in recent years including a senior and youth center and a town-owned grocery store. This is a close-knit, predominantly residential community where people own their homes and most employment is found in Madison, the county seat roughly a short drive to the east.
The school serves children from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Enrollment is very small for its grade band. The student body is overwhelmingly Black, and the vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic conditions of the surrounding rural community. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.
The academic picture from Florida's FAST assessments in the most recent school year is one that warrants a candid look. In third-grade math, roughly three in five students tested at proficiency, which stands as the strongest single result in the data. ELA proficiency across the grades where results were reported came in at roughly three in ten students. Fifth-grade science proficiency was lower still, under a quarter of students. Sixth-grade math was around three in ten. The fifth-grade math result was reported as zero, which is a striking figure; given the very small number of students in each grade, a single cohort's performance can swing results sharply, and a parent would be well served asking the school directly about what drove that result. Fourth-grade results in both math and ELA were suppressed, likely because the grade's enrollment was too small to report without risking student identification. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible from this data alone to characterize whether results are improving or declining over time.
One piece of context that is central for any family reading this: Greenville Elementary as it existed is closing. The Madison County School Board voted in the summer of 2024 to consolidate its three outlying elementary schools, including Greenville, into Madison County Central School beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. The decision was driven by declining enrollment across those campuses and a board policy to consolidate schools below a threshold size. That means students who would have attended Greenville Elementary are now being transported to a campus in Madison, a commute publicly reported as roughly fifteen to thirty minutes each way. The closures are being treated as permanent, with the district moving to sell other closed elementary properties, though the status of the Greenville school building itself was not detailed in the available information.
For a family with young children in Greenville today, the neighborhood elementary that these records describe no longer functions as their child's school. The academic profile documented here reflects recent history rather than the current pathway. The relevant question going forward is what the experience looks like at Madison County Central School, which now serves this community's elementary-age students.
Housing in the broader area sits well below the Florida statewide median home value and has seen modest appreciation, making it among the more affordable markets in the state. Rental data was not available. For families weighing a move to Greenville specifically for its elementary school, the consolidation is the defining fact to understand before any other consideration.
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