The top reported proficiency rate is 23% in Science. The lowest is 11% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Coleman Middle School
Coleman Middle School sits on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in Greenville, Mississippi, serving grades six through eight as part of the Greenville Public School District. It is a conventional public middle school, not a charter or magnet campus. The enrollment is modest for its grade band, and the student body is nearly entirely Black, with only a handful of students identifying as white or multiracial. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school firmly in the category of high-poverty education. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, and that absence reflects the grade band rather than any gap in the school's performance.
State assessment results from the most recent school year paint a difficult academic picture. In math, only a small fraction of sixth and eighth graders reached proficiency, with seventh grade showing somewhat stronger results but still well below what most families would hope to see. English language arts follows a similar pattern: sixth grade proficiency is very low, while seventh and eighth grade land somewhat higher but remain in a range that signals real instructional challenges. Eighth grade science, the only science grade tested at this level, shows the highest proficiency rate of any subject and grade组合组合, though it too sits in the lower band. A parent reviewing these results may want to look into how the school and district are responding, what intervention supports are in place, and what the trajectory looks like over time. Unfortunately, multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these numbers represent improvement, decline, or stability.
Participation rates for the state assessments were missing from the available data. Information on special education enrollment, English learner status, discipline, course access, staffing ratios, and attendance was also absent, so those dimensions of the school experience cannot be described here. Program offerings such as advanced coursework, arts, or extracurriculars were not provided. These gaps leave a parent without a full picture of the school environment, and reaching out directly to the campus would be the practical next step.
Greenville itself is the county seat of Washington County and the largest city in the Mississippi Delta region. It sits along the eastern bank of Lake Ferguson, an oxbow lake carved from an old channel of the Mississippi River. The city has a historic downtown core along Main Street, with residential neighborhoods, lakefront casino tourism, and light industry mixed in. Publicly reported sources describe Greenville as a former cotton trading and cultural center that retains some agricultural-service economy alongside two riverboat casinos. Nelson Street was once a vibrant strip of blues clubs in the mid-twentieth century, comparable to Beale Street in Memphis, and is now marked by a Mississippi Blues Trail marker. The city is car-oriented, with US Highways 61 and 82 and the Great River Road as main arteries. Winterville Mounds, a state park and National Historic Landmark with prehistoric earthwork mounds and a museum, sits just north of the city. The Greenville Mid-Delta Regional Airport offers subsidized commercial flights to Dallas and Atlanta.
The broader economic context is challenging. Housing values in the school's zip code are very low compared with state and national benchmarks, and the year-over-year trend shows a sharp decline. For families already living in the area, this means homeownership is inexpensive relative to income; for those considering moving in, it signals limited housing market strength. Greenville has experienced population decline over recent decades, consistent with broader Delta trends, though a major cable-stayed bridge crossing the Mississippi River into Arkansas and a US Highway 82 bypass under construction represent substantial infrastructure investments aimed at improving regional connectivity.
The Greenville Public School District is the primary district serving the city, with a small portion of residents falling within the Western Line School District. A Greenville Higher Education Center in the city offers credit courses from Delta State University, Mississippi Delta Community College, and Mississippi Valley State University, which provides a local pathway for families thinking ahead to postsecondary options. The district brief did not surface any specific recent policy changes, curriculum shifts, or facility initiatives, so there is little to report on that front.
Coleman Middle School serves a community facing concentrated economic hardship, and its academic results reflect that pressure. Families considering this school should weigh the current proficiency levels carefully, ask the school directly about supports and interventions, and look at what the district is doing to improve outcomes. The housing is affordable, the area has deep cultural roots, and regional infrastructure is improving, but the academic pathway at Coleman is one that most parents would want to understand in close detail before committing.
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