The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in Science. The lowest is 12% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on East Elementary School
East Elementary School sits on Meadowbrook Road in Greenwood, Mississippi, serving grades three through five as part of the Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District. Greenwood is a small city and the county seat of Leflore County, positioned at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta. Its economy draws from agriculture, agribusiness, manufacturing, healthcare, aviation, and tourism, with major employers publicly reported to include Viking Range, Milwaukee Tool, America's Catch, Heartland Catfish, and Staplcotn. The city has a historic downtown with renovated commercial buildings, a boutique hotel, galleries, museums, and Mississippi Blues Trail markers. Amtrak service connects Greenwood to New Orleans and Chicago, and highways link it to the broader region.
The school is small for its grade band, with the largest cohort in third grade and smaller groups in fourth and fifth. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black, with a small Hispanic presence and a handful of White and multiracial students. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here.
On the state assessment, the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, East Elementary's results show a split between subjects. English language arts is the stronger area across all three grade levels, with third grade posting the highest proficiency rate. Roughly a third of third graders reached proficient or above, while fourth and fifth grade ELA proficiency sat lower. Fifth grade science results landed near the third grade ELA level, with close to a third of tested students proficient.
Mathematics is where the school faces its steepest challenge. Third and fourth grade math proficiency was low, with only a small share of students reaching the proficient threshold. Fifth grade math dropped further still, with very few students meeting the bar. This is a soft spot in the data. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking how math instruction is structured across grade levels and what intervention or tutoring supports are available for students working below grade level.
Participation rates for the assessments were not reported. The school has no graduation rate, which is expected because it serves only elementary grades. No school serving grades three through five graduates students. Multi-year trend data was not available either, so it is not possible to say whether these proficiency levels represent improvement or decline over time.
The district context is relevant for families here. The Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District was formed from the merger of the former Greenwood Public School District and the Leflore County School District, and it has been reorganizing since. Publicly reported changes include the closure of Leflore County Elementary in Itta Bena, the merger of Amanda Elzy Junior High into Greenwood Middle, and the closure of Claudine F. Brown Elementary. The district's total school count has declined over recent years. These shifts mean families may see changes in school assignments and feeder patterns. Asking the district how the consolidation affects which school a child will attend through the upper grades would be worthwhile.
Housing in Greenwood is affordable relative to state and national benchmarks. Home values in the school's zip code sit well below the Mississippi state median and far below national levels, with a price-to-income ratio near parity when measured against national income figures. Rental data was not available for this area. The housing stock reflects a Delta city with older residential neighborhoods, some downtown loft conversions, and suburban-style development along commercial corridors.
Information on staffing, discipline, attendance, course access, Title I status, and specific academic programs was not available in the data provided. The school is not a charter school. Its magnet status was not reported. A family considering East Elementary would benefit from asking directly about teacher experience and retention, classroom sizes, available intervention services, and how the district's ongoing reorganization is affecting resource allocation at the campus level.
For a family in Greenwood with a child entering third, fourth, or fifth grade, East Elementary is a neighborhood public school serving a high-poverty student body in a community working through both economic and educational transition. The academic data points to real difficulties in math and mixed results in reading and science. The district's consolidation creates uncertainty but also the possibility of renewed investment. Questions about math instruction, intervention supports, and the school's role in the reorganized district's plans would help a parent judge whether this is the right fit.
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