The top reported proficiency rate is 59% in Science. The lowest is 40% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Vicksburg Intermediate
Vicksburg Intermediate sits on Dana Road in the Vicksburg Warren School District, serving grades three through six. It is a small school by enrollment, with grade-level cohorts that narrow slightly as students move toward sixth grade. The student body is predominantly Black, with small numbers of white students and a handful of children from other racial backgrounds. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the economic context of the surrounding community rather than anything unusual about the school's admissions.
Vicksburg itself is a small river city perched on a bluff above the Mississippi, anchored economically by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates three large installations there and sustains a substantial share of the local workforce. Four riverfront casinos and tourism built around Civil War history, particularly the Vicksburg National Military Park, round out the employment picture. The city has been losing population in recent years, and no major residential developments or growth projects surfaced in publicly reported information. For families considering the area, housing is relatively inexpensive compared with state and national benchmarks, and the price-to-income ratio sits below the national midpoint, which may appeal to budget-conscious households. The broader community is largely auto-oriented outside the historic downtown strip, which offers restaurants, shops, and galleries in a walkable if compact corridor.
On the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, the most recent results paint a mixed picture across the grade levels. In math, proficiency in third and fourth grade lands in a moderate range, with roughly half of tested students meeting the proficient threshold in fourth grade. By fifth and sixth grade, that share drops noticeably, with fewer than half demonstrating proficiency. The pattern in English language arts is somewhat different. Third grade starts lower, fourth grade improves, and fifth grade reaches the school's strongest ELA result, with a clear majority of students testing proficient. Sixth grade then falls sharply, with only a modest share reaching proficiency. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly the sixth-grade drop in both subjects, to understand what drives the decline and what supports are available during that transition year.
Science results, which are assessed only in fifth grade, stand out as the school's brightest academic marker. A solid majority of fifth graders demonstrated proficiency, a result that exceeds the school's own performance in math and ELA at the same grade level and suggests effective science instruction during those years.
The school does not have graduation rate data, which is expected given that it stops at sixth grade and does not serve high school students. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. Information on English learner status, special education enrollment, discipline practices, course offerings, staffing ratios, and attendance was also not available in the data provided, leaving gaps that a family might want to fill directly with the school. Title I status and magnet designation were not reported either.
The district brief returned little of lasting parent relevance. No recent referendums, curriculum overhauls, property-tax shifts, or other structural changes surfaced in the search, which means families evaluating Vicksburg Intermediate are looking at the school largely as it currently operates rather than in the midst of a documented transition.
What this means in practice is that Vicksburg Intermediate serves a community where nearly all students come from economically disadvantaged households, in a city with a modest cost of living and a federal-employment base. Academic results are uneven across grades, with real strength in fifth-grade science and respectable middle-ground performance in the earlier grades, but a concerning slide by sixth grade in both math and reading. Families drawn to Vicksburg for its affordability and history, or relocated by federal work, will find a school that appears to do well with younger intermediate students but may need to ask hard questions about what happens as children approach the upper end of the grade band.
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