Bogue Chitto Elementary School

As a very small elementary school, Bogue Chitto Elementary School serves students in PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi. It reports enrollment of 177 students in kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in Mississippi enroll around 446, and this school is 60% below that mark.

Bogue Chitto Elementary School is its own local education agency in federal data.

The share of students at Bogue Chitto Elementary School who are Native American is 100%. A diversity index of 0% means there is a 0% chance two randomly chosen students at Bogue Chitto Elementary School are from different groups.

There are about 6.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Bogue Chitto Elementary School, which has 26.4. The school's 6.7:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for elementary schools in Mississippi. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 98%. That is 17 points above the 81% average for public schools in Neshoba County.

Census data for Neshoba County show the median household earns about $57,013 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Neshoba County number 11, with about 5,185 students.

Nanih Waiya Attendance Center is about 10.3 miles from Bogue Chitto Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school.

Federal data place Bogue Chitto Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment fell by 39% across 7 years, from 289 in 2017-18 to 177 in 2024-25.

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