The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in Math. The lowest is 15% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Heidelberg School Math & Science
Heidelberg School Math and Science was part of the Clarksdale Municipal School District in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and is now listed as closed. The available records leave some basic questions unanswered. The grade band in the directory data reads ambiguously, though state assessment results from the most recent reported year cover third and fourth grade, and older science results exist for fifth and eighth grade. The school's type, magnet status, and Title I designation are not specified in the data. Enrollment figures, demographic breakdowns, free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, staffing levels, and any program offerings were not available, so there is little here to describe the student body or what the school offered beyond its name.
What does exist is a snapshot of academic performance on Mississippi's MAAP assessment. In math, roughly two-fifths of third graders reached proficiency, the strongest result in the available data. Fourth grade math was lower, with about one-fifth proficient. English language arts results were low across both grades, with roughly one-seventh of students reaching proficiency in third and fourth grade. Science results from an older testing period were suppressed, so no reading on science performance is possible. Participation rates were not reported. No trend data is available, so these results stand alone as a single-year picture rather than part of a pattern a parent could read for direction. A parent considering what these numbers mean for instruction would want to ask the district directly, since the school is closed and the data cannot speak to what changed in its final years.
Clarksdale itself is the county seat of Coahoma County, situated in the Mississippi Delta. The local economy has long rested on agriculture, with the city serving as a trading and processing hub for cotton, soybeans, rice, and other Delta crops. Manufacturing includes rubber products, mobile homes, cabinets, farm equipment, and wire. Since the mid-1990s, blues tourism and casino gambling have become economic drivers, and publicly reported sources describe a modest revival fueled by music tourism and new residents drawn to the town's cultural heritage. CNN named Clarksdale one of America's best towns to visit, citing live music available seven nights a week and transplants opening new businesses. The downtown centers on Delta Avenue, with the Delta Blues Museum housed in a renovated Illinois Central Railroad freight depot, a Walk of Fame honoring blues musicians, and venues clustered around the historic core. The Sunflower River runs through the city, and festivals like the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival and the Juke Joint Festival bring seasonal crowds.
The broader city is low-density and car-dependent, with US Routes 49 and 61 passing through. Fletcher Field is a small non-commercial airport, and Memphis International is about an hour's drive. Coahoma Community College, a historically Black college, sits on a separate campus in unincorporated Coahoma County north of town. The Clarksdale Municipal School District operates multiple schools distributed within the community rather than on a single campus. No public transit system was identified in available sources.
Housing in the zip code surrounding the school is inexpensive relative to both state and national benchmarks. The typical home value sits well below the Mississippi statewide figure and far below the national figure, and estimated monthly mortgage costs are low. Home values have been declining, which tracks with the long-term population loss the area has experienced. For a family tied to Clarksdale through work, family, or the cultural economy, housing here is accessible. No major new housing developments were identified in available sources.
Because Heidelberg School Math and Science is closed, this record is most useful as a historical reference. A parent looking at current options in Clarksdale would want to contact the Clarksdale Municipal School District directly to understand which schools now serve the grade levels this building once covered and how those schools perform today.
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