The top reported proficiency rate is 33% in Math. The lowest is 11% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Tylertown Primary School
Tylertown Primary School sits on Ball Avenue in Tylertown, Mississippi, serving children from prekindergarten through third grade as part of the Walthall County School District. It is a small early-childhood campus, and the grade range means only its third graders sit for the state's MAAP assessments. That is the natural reason there are no test results for kindergarten, first, or second grade here. Those grades are simply not tested by the state.
Among the third graders who took the MAAP in the most recent school year, math results were modest. Roughly a third of tested third graders reached proficiency or above. ELA results were lower, with only about one in nine third graders scoring proficient or above. The same grade cohort was tested in both subjects, so these two figures describe the same group of children. A parent may want to look into what early literacy supports the school has in place, especially given how early-grade reading performance tends to shape later academic trajectories. No prior-year assessment data was available in a form that allows clean year-over-year comparison, so it is unclear whether these results represent a decline, a plateau, or part of a longer pattern. The school's own staff and district leadership would be the right source for that context.
The school's enrollment is modest, consistent with an early-grade campus in a rural county seat. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the broad economic need in the surrounding community. The student body is predominantly Black, with a smaller White population and a very small number of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those populations and any associated services are not visible in the available records.
Tylertown itself is a small town in Walthall County, near the Louisiana border in southwestern Mississippi. No locale brief was provided, so detailed community character, local amenities, or recent civic developments are not something we can describe from the data on hand. What is visible is the housing market. Home values in the school's zip code sit well below the Mississippi state benchmark and far below the national figure, and recent values have drifted slightly downward. By a standard affordability measure comparing local prices to national income patterns, the area rates as relatively affordable. Rental market data was not available for this zip code. For a family considering a move, this is a place where homeownership costs are low compared with most of the country, though the local housing market appears flat rather than appreciating.
The broader district context offers one encouraging thread. Walthall County School District's graduation rate has risen noticeably over five school years, climbing from a level that had placed the district near the bottom of Mississippi districts. That improvement does not directly reflect Tylertown Primary, since the school does not serve high school grades, but it speaks to a district that has been moving its outcomes in a better direction over time. For a family with young children, that upward trajectory in the upper grades is worth noting as a signal about the system they would eventually feed into.
Several categories of information that parents often ask about were simply absent from the data. No staffing figures, class sizes, discipline data, attendance rates, course or program offerings, Title I status, or school type classification were available. Magnet and charter designations show the school is neither, but beyond that, the operational and programmatic picture is thin. We looked for a neighbor comparison placing this school among its county peers and found none, so we left it out rather than guess.
What the available evidence describes is a small, economically disadvantaged early-childhood campus in a rural Mississippi town with very affordable housing, modest third-grade assessment results, and a parent district that has been improving its graduation outcomes at the high school level. Families drawn to this area by low housing costs and a quiet small-town setting will want to ask the school directly about early literacy instruction, classroom support, and what the path looks like as children move into the upper elementary and secondary schools in the district.
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