The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in Science. The lowest is 21% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Green Hill Intermediate
Green Hill Intermediate sits on West Pearl Street in Sardis, Mississippi, serving grades three through five as part of the North Panola School District. The school is a conventional public school, neither a charter nor a magnet, and its enrollment is small for its grade band. Every student enrolled qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is almost entirely Black, with a tiny handful of white and multiracial students. The school does not report English-learner or special-education enrollment figures, so those pieces of the picture are missing here.
Sardis itself is a small, rural town and one of two county seats for Panola County. A Main Street corridor with local shops and restaurants runs through town, and the Panola County Courthouse anchors civic life downtown. Sardis Lake, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, spreads across three counties nearby and serves as a recreational anchor for the area. The Panola Playhouse offers a cultural venue. Publicly reported sources describe long-term population decline, with the town's growth trajectory appearing flat or downward. Local employers are limited to what you would expect in a town of this size: a community hospital, the school district, and local government. No public transit system was identified. Housing in the area is inexpensive relative to both state and national benchmarks, with typical home values sitting well below the Mississippi median. That affordability may appeal to families looking to buy, though the declining population and limited commercial base mean the local economy offers little momentum.
On state assessments, Green Hill's results are generally low. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above sits below a third in third grade and drops further in fourth and fifth grades. English language arts results start lower still in third grade, climb modestly in fourth, and reach their highest point in fifth, though even that peak remains under a third of tested students. Science, tested only in fifth grade, is the relative bright spot, with a larger share of students reaching proficiency than in either math or ELA. Still, the overall pattern across subjects and grades is one where most students are not yet meeting state proficiency benchmarks. A parent may want to look into how the school and district are responding to these results and what supports are in place for students working below grade level.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from the provided information whether performance is improving, holding steady, or declining over time. Participation rate data was also missing from the assessment files. The school serves only grades three through five, which means it does have tested grades, so the absence of trend or participation data reflects a gap in reporting rather than a structural reason tied to grade band.
The North Panola School District brief turned up little in the way of parent-relevant changes or strategic priorities from recent years. Publicly available results covered basic district information and older report card data, but nothing that would tell a family about new programs, leadership shifts, or academic initiatives. This is a gap a parent might want to fill by contacting the district directly.
Green Hill is a school serving a high-poverty community in a small, rural Mississippi town where housing is affordable but economic activity is thin. Its state test results show real challenges in math and reading, with science as a comparatively stronger area. Families considering this school would be looking at a close-knit, predominantly Black student body where universal free lunch access is already in place, and where the question is less about program choice and more about what academic support and intervention look like day to day.
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