Aberdeen Elementary

Located at 508 W. Commerce St, in Aberdeen, Mississippi, Aberdeen Elementary is a tight-knit elementary school that teaches 346 students (grades K through 4), part of Aberdeen School District. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Aberdeen Elementary sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Aberdeen School District, which oversees 3 schools and 924 students, Aberdeen Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Aberdeen Elementary shows that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Aberdeen Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Monroe County (around 69%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Monroe County) reports that median household earnings sit near $51,866, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Monroe County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,387 students), of which Aberdeen Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Belle-Shivers Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Aberdeen Elementary's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 346). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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