Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sunflower’s public schools
Sunflower County Consolidated School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sunflower. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Mississippi’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Sunflower’s schools, in brief
School by school
0 of Sunflower’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s 762 public schools. Lockard Elementary School places highest (better than 26%); Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School lowest (2%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Four elementary schools serve Sunflower, graded from D to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and two high schools: Gentry High School and Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Sunflower, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Sunflower · depends on your address
A.W. James Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 219 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Drew
Rosser Early Learning Center
Grades PK · 79 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Moorhead
9th grade in Sunflower · depends on your address
Robert L Merritt Junior High
Grades 7–9 · 341 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Indianola
Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School
Grades 9–12 · 331 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Ruleville
10th grade in Sunflower · depends on your address
Gentry High School
Grades 10–12 · 465 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Indianola
Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School
Grades 9–12 · 331 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Ruleville
11th grade in Sunflower · depends on your address
Gentry High School
Grades 10–12 · 465 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Indianola
Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School
Grades 9–12 · 331 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Ruleville
12th grade in Sunflower · depends on your address
Gentry High School
Grades 10–12 · 465 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Indianola
Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School
Grades 9–12 · 331 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Ruleville
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sunflower County Consolidated School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Sunflower vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Mississippi towns that share Sunflower’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunflower | — | Sunflower County Consolidated |
Every school in Sunflower
9 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Sunflower’s schools
Are Sunflower’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Sunflower. Sunflower County Consolidated School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sunflower. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Sunflower in?
Sunflower County Consolidated School District.
Where do Sunflower kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Gentry High School and Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School.
Parents talk
What Sunflower families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Sunflower → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.