Tremont Attendance Center, Tremont MS

Original Research by School Decision on Tremont Attendance Center

Tremont Attendance Center is a single public school serving kindergarten through twelfth grade in the Itawamba County School District, set in the very small rural town of Tremont in eastern Itawamba County. The town sits at the crossroads of two Mississippi highways, with I-22 passing through its southern end. The nearest major employment center is Tupelo to the west via I-22. Tremont is primarily residential with limited commercial activity, its town hall operating part-time hours in a pattern typical of small Mississippi communities. Publicly reported census data describe slow population growth in the 2000s followed by essentially flat growth in the 2010s, with no major housing developments or commercial projects identified. The built environment is low-density and auto-dependent, with no dedicated pedestrian infrastructure or walkable commercial district apparent in available sources.

The school itself is small for a K-through-12 institution, with modest cohorts per grade. Students grow up alongside the same peers from kindergarten through senior year, which some families find appealing for continuity and closeness. The student body is almost entirely white, with only a handful of students identifying as Hispanic, Black, or multiracial. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the modest economic conditions of the surrounding community. Data on special education enrollment and English learner populations was not available.

On Mississippi's MAAP assessments, the academic picture is mixed and varies sharply by grade level. In the elementary grades, proficiency rates in math and English language arts generally sit in a moderate to solid range, with several grades showing more than half of tested students reaching proficiency. Fifth grade science results were among the school's strongest. The middle grades tell a more uneven story. Sixth and seventh grade math held up reasonably well, but eighth grade results dropped sharply across all three tested subjects. Eighth grade math and English language arts proficiency were particularly low, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school. The tested cohorts are small, so a few students moving in or out can shift results noticeably, but the eighth grade pattern is consistent across subjects and worth attention.

Housing in the Tremont zip code is affordable compared with both state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below the statewide figure and far below the national one. The area has seen meaningful year-over-year appreciation recently, though from a low base. Estimated monthly mortgage costs are modest relative to typical incomes, and the price-to-income ratio sits below the national level, suggesting that homeownership is relatively accessible for working families in the area. Rental market data was not available.

Several categories of information that parents often weigh were missing from the available data. No graduation rate was reported, and because Tremont does serve high school grades, this absence is worth noting directly rather than attributing to grade band. No course access, program offerings, staffing, discipline, attendance, or civil rights data was provided. No multi-year academic trend was available, so it is unclear whether the eighth grade dip is a persistent pattern or a one-year variation. The district brief returned little of lasting impact, with no referenda, curriculum overhauls, or tax changes identified in recent publicly reported searches. We looked for the district's strategic priorities but found little, so we left it out rather than guess.

What the available picture suggests is a small, close-knit rural school in an affordable community, with respectable academic results in the younger grades and a clear soft spot in the eighth grade that merits further questions. Families drawn to continuity, small class sizes, and a quiet rural setting may find Tremont a good fit, particularly in the elementary years. Those with children approaching middle school may benefit from asking the school directly about instruction, support, and any plans to address those results.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 30 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

241 schools plotted. 29 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 72% · ▼ 22 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 51% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 59% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 671%

School 71% · District 60% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 59% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 44% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 364%

School 64% · District 52% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 446%

School 46% · District 56% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 53% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 53% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 36% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 815%

School 15% · District 38% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median

Science

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 56% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median

This schoolITAWAMBA COUNTY SCHOOL DIST, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.