The top reported proficiency rate is 75% in Science. The lowest is 34% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Robinsonville Elementary School
Robinsonville Elementary School sits on Old Highway 61 in the unincorporated community widely known as Tunica Resorts, a place shaped by casino resorts and cotton fields rather than by a traditional town center. The school serves children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Tunica County School District, which also includes Tunica Middle School and Rosa Fort High School. There is no walkable downtown or civic core here. The built environment runs along highway corridors and open agricultural land, with small apartment complexes built largely for casino workers making up much of the housing stock. Civic infrastructure is thin. No public library or significant parks appear in available sources, and residents have at times pushed to incorporate the community partly to fund basic municipal amenities.
The student body is small for its grade band and is nearly entirely Black, with a small number of students identifying as Hispanic, white, or multiracial. Every student in the school qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here. The school is a traditional public school, not a charter or magnet.
State assessment results come from the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, covering the current school year. In English language arts, the school's strongest results appear in third grade, where nearly half of tested students reached proficiency. Fourth and fifth grade ELA proficiency sits below that level but holds steady across the two grades. Math results are softer. Third grade math proficiency is moderate, and the share of students reaching proficiency declines moving into fourth and then fifth grade. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly how math instruction is sequenced and supported across the upper elementary grades. Science results stand apart. Fifth grade science proficiency is high, well above the school's results in the other tested subjects, and is a clear bright spot in the academic profile.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from the provided data whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. Participation rates were also not reported. Because the school serves only pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, it has no graduation rate, and the earliest tested grades do not produce state assessment results.
The housing market in the school's zip code is modest by national standards and sits close to the Mississippi state benchmark. Home values have been appreciating at a rate that outpaces both the state and national pace over the past year. Rent data was not available for this area, which is consistent with a community where housing consists mainly of worker-occupied apartment complexes and limited owner-occupied stock. The price-to-income ratio suggests that buying a home here is more attainable than in much of the country, though household incomes in the immediate community may differ from national medians given the local economy's reliance on casino employment.
That economy has contracted over the years. The casino industry, once the dominant draw for visitors from Memphis and surrounding states, has shrunk from its peak to a smaller footprint as of the most recent publicly reported information. Several major casino properties have closed. The community's growth context is therefore one of contraction and uncertainty rather than steady expansion, though home values have been rising.
We looked for recent district-level changes that would matter to parents, such as curriculum shifts, facilities investments, or tax measures, but found little in available sources, so those are left out rather than guessed. Information on staffing, course access, discipline, attendance, and Title I status was not provided for this school. Programs and extracurricular offerings were not available either. A family considering Robinsonville Elementary would want to ask the school directly about instructional support in math, the staffing picture, and what enrichment or intervention programs supplement the school day.
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