Beat Four School

Beat Four School is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Waynesboro, Mississippi, part of Wayne County School District, with 416 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 6 schools in Wayne County School District (2,977 students total), Beat Four School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Beat Four School logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 37% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Beat Four School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Beat Four School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Beat Four School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $37,619 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,977 students), of which Beat Four School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Waynesboro Riverview School, around 9.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beat Four School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 61.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Beat Four School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 400 (now 416). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 68% to 52% over that span.

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