Ann E. Smith Elementary

Set in RIDGELAND, Mississippi, Ann E. Smith Elementary is a large primary school, part of Madison County Schools. It instructs 715 students across grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 60% bigger than the state mean of about 446.

Madison County Schools comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,926 students; Ann E. Smith Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ann E. Smith Elementary shows that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% Asian. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Madison County's rate of about 52%.

Zooming out to the county, Madison County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,441, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Madison County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,432 students), Ann E. Smith Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Old Town Middle School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ann E. Smith Elementary.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 737 students in 2018 compared to 715 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 19% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.