Noxapater Attendance Center, Noxapater MS

Original Research by School Decision on Noxapater Attendance Center

Noxapater Attendance Center is a single school serving kindergarten through twelfth grade in the very small rural town of Noxapater, Mississippi, in Winston County. It belongs to the Louisville Municipal School District, which covers the entire county. The school sits within or near the town itself rather than on a separated campus, functioning as both an educational institution and a community anchor for a place whose civic life centers on City Hall, a volunteer fire department, and J.W. Young Park.

The student body is modest in size for a school covering thirteen grade levels. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the economic conditions in the surrounding community. The enrollment is historically biracial, with a slight White majority and a substantial Black minority, along with small numbers of Hispanic students, Asian students, and students of two or more races. Data on special education identification and English learner status was not available, so those program details cannot be described here. Noxapater itself has a low median household income and a poverty rate that is elevated, and the town has been experiencing steady population decline over recent years with no major housing developments or commercial growth initiatives on the horizon.

State assessment results from the most recent year, using Mississippi's MAAP test, show a school with genuine strengths in the early elementary grades and a clear softening as students move into the middle grades. In English language arts, proficiency in grades three through five runs from strong to quite strong, with the highest results in fourth and fifth grade. Math tells a more uneven story: fourth grade stands out as a point of strength, while fifth and sixth grade proficiency drops to a lower band. Science results for fifth grade are strong, and eighth grade science sits in a moderate range.

The pattern across both subjects is consistent enough to be worth a parent's attention. The early grades produce results that suggest solid instruction and student engagement. By sixth, seventh, and eighth grade, both ELA and math proficiency settle into a lower range, with seventh grade ELA and eighth grade ELA among the weakest results the school reports. A parent considering this school for a middle school student may want to look into this further with the school, asking what supports and interventions are in place for the transition years.

No high school assessment data, graduation rate, college readiness scores, or advanced course offerings were available in the information provided. Because the school serves high school grades, these gaps are not explained by the grade band. The absence of a graduation rate and any college or career readiness metric is a limitation of the available data rather than an indication that those numbers do not exist, and a parent would want to ask the district directly for that information.

No data on discipline, course access, staffing ratios, or attendance was provided, so the picture here is incomplete on those fronts as well. No magnet or charter designation applies. Title I status was not reported, though given the universal free or reduced-price lunch rate, the school almost certainly participates, but the data does not confirm that.

The housing market around Noxapater is affordable by state and national standards. Typical home values sit well below the Mississippi statewide benchmark and far below the national figure, and the price-to-income ratio is below the national level. For a family looking to buy, the cost barrier is relatively low. The tradeoff is that the town is car-dependent with limited walkability, no public transit, and no public library identified. The local economy is driven by public administration, educational services, and small service businesses, with no large private employers named.

The district brief turned up little evidence of recent referendums, curriculum overhauls, property-tax shifts, or other parent-relevant changes, so there is no new district initiative to factor into a decision at this time.

What this school appears to offer is a small, community-rooted environment where younger students perform well on state tests, particularly in reading and science, and where the cost of living is low. The academic concern is the middle grade slide, and the missing high school and program data means a family would need to go directly to the school for a fuller picture before committing.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 22 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 355%

School 55% · District 46% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 42% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 45% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 45% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 746%

School 46% · District 49% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 859%

School 59% · District 40% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 39% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 473%

School 73% · District 43% · ▲ 30 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 53% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 37% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 736%

School 36% · District 29% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 36% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median

Science

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 59% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 45% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median

This schoolLOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL 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.