The top reported proficiency rate is 83% in Science. The lowest is 70% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Sumrall Elementary School
Sumrall Elementary School sits in the small town of Sumrall, Mississippi, in Lamar County, part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area. It serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and is part of the Lamar County School District. The school is not a charter or magnet school. Its enrollment is sizable for an elementary building, with students spread fairly evenly across the early grades.
The student body is predominantly white, with a small Black population and a smaller group identifying as two or more races. Asian and Hispanic students each make up a very small slice. A moderate share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a mix of working- and middle-class families rather than concentrated poverty. The data does not include individualized education program counts or English learner figures, so those population details are not available here.
On the most recent Mississippi Academic Assessment Program results, the school posts strong numbers in the early grades. Third-grade math proficiency is especially high, and third-grade English language arts is solid as well. Fifth-grade science stands out as a clear strength, with most tested students reaching proficiency. English language arts across grades three through five is consistently above the level most Mississippi schools achieve. Math in fourth and fifth grade dips relative to the strong third-grade showing, landing in a more middling range. A parent looking at the full picture would see a school that performs well on literacy and science and starts strong in math, with fourth- and fifth-grade math results worth asking the school about to understand the drop-off from third grade. Participation rates were not reported, and no multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from the data whether these results represent improvement, stability, or decline.
Because this is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate, no college or career readiness data, and no advanced coursework to report. Those measures simply do not apply to this grade band. Civil rights data, staffing figures, discipline records, attendance data, and course access details were not available in the provided material, so those areas are left out rather than guessed. Title I status and school type were also not reported.
Sumrall itself has a residential small-town character rooted in its history as a sawmill town along the former Mississippi Central Railroad. After its major employers closed over the latter twentieth century, the town went through a long stretch without a large anchor employer. That has changed as the Hattiesburg metro has expanded westward, bringing renewed growth and new investment, including a solar farm developed by Cooperative Energy nearby. A Main Street program was designated in 2020 to help guide downtown revitalization. The Longleaf Trace, a recreational trail following the old railroad route, runs through the center of town and connects Sumrall to Hattiesburg to the east and Prentiss to the north, giving residents a meaningful pedestrian and cycling corridor. A substantial portion of households have children under eighteen, which gives the town a family-oriented profile. The schools sit within the town rather than on separated campuses, consistent with a compact small-town layout where City Hall, the Main Street area, and school buildings are all in proximity.
The housing market in the Sumrall zip code is more expensive than the state as a whole but well below the national figure. The price-to-income ratio sits in a range that most families would find manageable, and estimated monthly mortgage costs are modest relative to typical incomes. Rent data was not available, so a full rental picture is missing. For a family weighing a move, housing here is relatively affordable compared with national norms while carrying a premium over much of Mississippi.
No recent district-level changes clearing a lasting-impact bar were found in the search, so nothing on reorganizations, closures, or major policy shifts is included. A neighbor comparison fact-set was not provided, so the school is not positioned against nearby schools here.
What the available evidence describes is a growing small-town elementary school with solid literacy and science outcomes, a strong start in early math, and a student body that reflects the community's family-oriented residential character. The main academic question the data raises is the fourth- and fifth-grade math slide, which a parent may want to look into further with the school.
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