The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in Science. The lowest is 14% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Coffeeville High School
Coffeeville High School sits in a small rural Mississippi town that serves as one of two county seats for Yalobusha County, the other being Water Valley. The town has a traditional downtown along Front Street anchored by the Yalobusha County Courthouse, and civic life revolves around government functions and the school district itself. Publicly reported census data describes Coffeeville as a low-income community that has experienced steady population decline over the past two decades, with no major housing developments or growth initiatives on the horizon. The texture is compact and small-town, but daily life is largely car-dependent.
The school serves grades nine through twelve and has a small enrollment for its grade band, which means classmates stay together across all four years and the environment is intimate by design. Every student in the building qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly African American. The school is a conventional public school, not a charter or magnet. IEP and English learner figures were not reported in the data, so those population shares remain unknown.
State assessment data available for this school comes from the 2021-22 testing cycle and covers grade eight math, English language arts, and science. This is worth flagging: the school currently lists its grade span as nine through twelve, so the grade eight results may reflect an earlier configuration or a data reporting alignment that does not match today's grade band. Parents looking at these results should understand that context. Among the students tested, math proficiency was low, with only a small fraction reaching proficient or above. ELA proficiency was lower still, again with a modest share clearing the proficiency bar. Science was the strongest of the three subjects, with roughly twice the proficiency rate of ELA, though still well below what state benchmarks would call strong. Participation was solid across all three subjects, which means the results reflect nearly the full tested group rather than a skewed subset. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these numbers represent improvement, decline, or stability. A parent may want to look into current results directly with the school, since the most recent available figures are several years old and tied to a grade level the school may no longer serve.
We looked for graduation rate data and found none in the available sources. For a school serving only high school grades, that is a meaningful gap. A family considering Coffeeville High would want to ask the district directly about cohort graduation rates and what happens to students after twelfth grade. Course access data, including any Advanced Placement, dual-credit, or career and technical offerings, was also not reported. Staffing, attendance, and discipline information was absent as well. These silences make it hard to form a full picture of the academic program from data alone, and they point toward conversations with school leadership as the next step for any interested family.
The housing market around Coffeeville is inexpensive relative to both Mississippi and the nation. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit well below the state benchmark and far below national figures, and recent movement has been downward rather than upward. Rent data was not available. For a family already tied to the area through work or family, housing costs would be among the most affordable in the state. For a family weighing a move specifically for school reasons, the low-cost housing is paired with a contracting local economy and limited identified employers beyond government and the school district itself. The nearest community college connection runs through Northwest Mississippi Community College, with a technical center located in Oxford about thirty miles away, which could matter for families thinking about post-graduation pathways.
What the data supports is a picture of a small, close-knit high school in a rural, low-income community where the available academic results from the most recent reporting cycle were weak across tested subjects. The missing pieces are substantial: no graduation rate, no course catalog, no staffing ratios, no trend lines. A parent reading this should treat the school as one worth visiting in person and asking direct questions about current proficiency, what the senior year looks like, and how the district supports students toward graduation and beyond.
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