The top reported proficiency rate is 81% in Science. The lowest is 49% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Redwood Elementary School
Redwood Elementary School sits in a very small unincorporated community along the U.S. Route 61 and Mississippi Highway 3 corridor, roughly ten miles north of Vicksburg in Warren County. The community itself is rural roadside settlement, not a clustered town, with a handful of homes, a post office, and scattered commercial activity. Publicly reported sources describe a place with minimal growth, a projected population decline over the coming years, and no formal downtown or walkable commercial core. Residents rely on Vicksburg for most civic, retail, and services. Housing here is predominantly owner-occupied, and publicly reported data places median household income in a high percentile among Mississippi census-designated places. For a family considering this school, the setting means quiet rural life with a short drive to Vicksburg for anything beyond basic needs.
The school serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade and is part of the Vicksburg Warren School District. It is a traditional public school, neither a charter nor a magnet. Enrollment is modest for a school covering eight grade levels. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the economic profile of the surrounding catchment area. The student body is majority white with a substantial Black minority and very small representation from other racial groups. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those figures are not available here.
On Mississippi's MAAP assessments, the school shows a clear and consistent pattern: math results are strong across tested grades, with fifth-grade math standing out as particularly high and sixth-grade math also well above middling. Science proficiency in fifth grade is strong as well. English language arts is more uneven. Third and fourth grade ELA results sit below the midpoint, and sixth-grade ELA dips notably. Fifth-grade ELA is the bright spot in that subject, reaching a solid level of proficiency. The gap between the school's math and science performance on one hand and its ELA results on the other is wide enough that a parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly around literacy instruction in the upper elementary grades.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, stability, or decline over time. Participation rates for the assessments were also not reported.
Because the school stops at sixth grade, there is no graduation rate, no ACT or college-readiness data, and no high school course offerings to evaluate. Those gaps simply reflect the grade band served. Similarly, no information was available on discipline practices, course access, staffing ratios, or attendance, so those areas are left unaddressed rather than guessed at.
The district brief for Vicksburg Warren School District turned up little of lasting parent-relevant change. No recent referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property-tax shifts surfaced in publicly reported sources, so there is nothing to flag on that front.
What the picture adds up to is a small rural elementary school with genuinely strong math and science outcomes and a weaker spot in English language arts, especially in the early and final tested grades. Families drawn to a quiet, low-density community with affordable owner-occupied housing and a short commute to Vicksburg would find a school where most tested grades perform well above middling in math. The ELA results are the area most worth asking about before enrolling.
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