The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in Science. The lowest is 31% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Tylertown Elementary School
Tylertown Elementary School sits on Broad Street in Tylertown, Mississippi, serving the upper elementary band of grades four through six in the Walthall County School District. The school is small for its grade range, and its student body is predominantly Black, with small representations of white, Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students. Every enrolled student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school firmly in a high-poverty context and means the student population as a whole faces the academic and social challenges that accompany economic disadvantage.
On the most recent Mississippi Academic Assessment Program results, the school's proficiency picture is mixed and generally modest. In English language arts, fourth graders performed best, with close to half reaching proficiency, while fifth and sixth graders landed lower, in the low-to-mid thirties. Math results follow a similar uneven pattern: fourth grade was the strongest, fifth grade dipped sharply, and sixth grade recovered somewhat but remained below the fourth-grade mark. Science, tested only in fifth grade, was the school's relative bright spot, with nearly half of tested students demonstrating proficiency. A parent looking at these results would see a school where upper-elementary literacy and numeracy are still very much in development, and where fifth grade in particular appears to be a stretch point across both core subjects. These are the kind of results a family may want to discuss with the school, asking what interventions and classroom supports are in place, especially for students transitioning into fifth grade.
Participation rate data was not reported for any of these assessments, and no multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from the provided information whether these results represent improvement or decline. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate or college-readiness metric tied to this campus. At the district level, publicly reported information indicates that Walthall County School District's graduation rate has climbed steadily over five years from a low starting point, a trajectory that may matter to families thinking ahead to the later grades even though it does not reflect this school directly.
The community context is rural and economically constrained. Housing values in the school's zip code sit well below both the Mississippi state benchmark and the national figure, and the area has seen a modest recent decline in home values. For families considering buying, this is an affordable market relative to the state and the country, though the limited appreciation and the broader economic picture in Walthall County are worth weighing. Rental data was not available.
Several data categories the narrative would normally draw on were absent. The school's locale classification, Title I status, magnet status, and school type were not reported. No civil-rights data, discipline figures, course-access information, staffing details, or attendance data were provided. Special population counts for students with individualized education programs and English learners were missing, so the narrative cannot speak to those services. No program offerings were listed, which means any description of gifted, arts, technology, or extracurricular opportunities would be speculation rather than report. A comparison fact-set positioning this school among its county peers was also not available.
What the evidence does say is that Tylertown Elementary is a small, high-poverty upper-elementary school in an affordable rural Mississippi community, with uneven state test results that show some strength in fourth-grade literacy and fifth-grade science but meaningful weakness in fifth-grade math and reading. Families considering this school would do well to ask directly about instructional supports, tutoring or intervention programs, and how the school addresses the fifth-grade dip that appears across subjects.
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