The top reported proficiency rate is 91% in Science. The lowest is 77% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Bovina Elementary School
Bovina Elementary School sits in Vicksburg, a small city perched on a high bluff above the Mississippi River in Warren County. The town blends federal employment, river commerce, tourism, and residential neighborhoods. The Army Corps of Engineers is the dominant employer, operating three large installations in the city, and four casinos line the riverfront. Tourism centers on Civil War history, with the Vicksburg National Military Park drawing visitors to the siege site and the adjacent national cemetery. Downtown offers restaurants, specialty shops, and art galleries, though much of the city beyond that core is auto-oriented. Vicksburg's population has been declining in recent years, and the search results did not surface major new housing developments or large-scale growth plans. The surrounding area retains an agricultural character, and the city serves as a regional commercial hub for the county.
Bovina is part of the Vicksburg Warren School District and serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. The enrollment is moderate for an elementary school, and the student body is majority white with a substantial Black population and small shares of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which characterizes the school as serving a high-poverty community. Data on individualized education programs and English-learner status was not available, so those populations could not be characterized here.
State assessment results from the most recent testing cycle are a clear strength. On the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, proficiency in math climbs steadily from third grade through sixth, with the large majority of students reaching proficient or above in the upper grades. English language arts follows a similar pattern, with strong proficiency rates that rise as students advance. Fifth-grade science stands out, with the overwhelming majority of students meeting proficiency. These are strong results across all three tested subjects, and the upward trajectory from third to sixth grade suggests students are building skills as they move through the school. Participation rates were not reported, which is worth noting. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent steady performance or recent improvement.
Because Bovina serves only through sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and that is expected for a school with this grade band. Pre-kindergarten through second grade do not participate in state testing, so those grades carry no assessment results either.
Housing in the school's zip code is affordable relative to both state and national benchmarks. Typical home values sit well below the state average and far below the national figure, and recent data shows a modest year-over-year decline. The price-to-income ratio is favorable compared with national levels, suggesting that homeownership is within reach for more families here than in many parts of the country. Rental data was not available, so a complete picture of the local rental market could not be assembled.
Several pieces of information were absent from the data and are worth naming. The school's Title I status, magnet status, and specific school type were not reported. No data on discipline, course access, staffing, or attendance was available. Civil-rights data was not provided. No program offerings, such as gifted education, extracurriculars, or specialized interventions, were listed. A comparison fact-set positioning Bovina among its county's schools was not available. We searched for parent-relevant changes in the Vicksburg Warren School District but found little of lasting impact, so that section was left out rather than guessed at.
What the data does show is a small elementary school with strong academic results in a community where federal employment and tourism anchor the local economy, housing is affordable, and every student comes from a household that qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For a parent evaluating this school, the proficiency numbers are a real strength, particularly in the upper grades. The gaps in available information on staffing, discipline, programs, and special populations mean a family would want to ask the school directly about those areas before drawing a full picture.
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