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What's one thing AGRICOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEORGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280156000226
Agricola Elementary School
6165 HWY 613 S, LUCEDALE, MS 39452 · (601) 947-8447 · George County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
307 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
47.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 47.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 49.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Agricola Elementary School
Agricola Elementary School's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricola Elementary School this school | 543 | 56.5% | 62.8% |
| Poplarville Lower Elementary POPLARVILLE | 521 | 58.7% | 65.8% |
| Hamilton School HAMILTON | 557 | 60.0% | 68.3% |
| East Central Upper Elementary Moss Point | 566 | 56.9% | 70.9% |
| East Central Lower Elementary Moss Point | 567 | 57.8% | 69.7% |
| Purvis Lower Elementary Purvis | 448 | 54.2% | 57.1% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Agricola Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In George County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #146 of 428 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #239 of 439 ▲ 4 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #150 of 439 no change | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #123 of 453 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #277 of 408 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #235 of 409 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #389 of 444 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #61 of 90 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
543
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 543 | 33.9 | 16.0:1 | 57% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 35.8 | 15.5:1 | 100% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 36.6 | 16.6:1 | 100% (609) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 29 | 18.5:1 | 99% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 25.6 | 20.2:1 | 56% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 61% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 68% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 57% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 23 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Agricola Elementary School.
About Agricola Elementary School
Agricola Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in LUCEDALE, Mississippi. The school's 543 students are in pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 22% higher than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi, which is about 446.
George County School District (8 schools, 4,049 students) runs Agricola Elementary School.
Agricola Elementary School is 74% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 23% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 86% of George County residents are White. Agricola Elementary School's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
Agricola Elementary School counts 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.0 students for each one. That matches the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi fairly closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Mississippi public elementary schools, Agricola Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Agricola Elementary School is 3.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 62.8% actual, 66.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Mississippi.
Across George County, the median household income is $59,758, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. George County is home to 9 public schools and about 4,049 public school students.
The closest other public school is George County High School, about 6.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Agricola Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 537 to 543, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.0:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
George County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,170
Census ACS
Median income
$59,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,049 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in George County School District
- George County High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- George County Middle SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Rocky Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- LT Taylor Intermediate SchoolElementary · 293 students
- LC Hatcher Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
Other schools in LUCEDALE
- George County High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- George County Middle SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Rocky Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- LT Taylor Intermediate SchoolElementary · 293 students
- LC Hatcher Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
Nearby schools
- George County High School6.0 mi · 1,115
- LC Hatcher Elementary School8.2 mi · 280
- LT Taylor Intermediate School8.2 mi · 293
- George County Middle School8.5 mi · 618
- Central Elementary School9.1 mi · 660
- Rocky Creek Elementary School9.6 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Agricola Elementary SchoolHow large is Agricola Elementary School?
Agricola Elementary School enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Agricola Elementary School serve?
Agricola Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Agricola Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Agricola Elementary School is approximately 16.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Agricola Elementary School?
At Agricola Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 23% Two or more.
Is Agricola Elementary School public or private?
Agricola Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by George County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.