Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HINDS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280186000984
Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School
9700 I-20 West Frontage, Bolton, MS 39041 · (601) 866-2522 · Hinds County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
12.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
335 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (52).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
30.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.6% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 37.1% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School
Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School this school | 335 | 100.0% | 42.2% |
| Quitman County Elementary LAMBERT | 331 | 100.0% | 54.9% |
| Tunica Elementary School TUNICA | 308 | 99.7% | 44.7% |
| Laurel Magnet School Of The Arts LAUREL | 323 | 100.0% | 85.4% |
| Eva Gordon Lower Elementary School Magnolia | 345 | 100.0% | 34.6% |
| Wilkinson County Elementary WOODVILLE | 306 | 100.0% | 25.5% |
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 Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #329 of 428 | #14 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #358 of 439 ▼ 35 | #16 of 38 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #372 of 439 ▼ 26 | #23 of 38 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #292 of 453 | #23 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #43 of 408 | #3 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #321 of 409 | #12 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #47 of 444 | #4 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #62 of 296 | #6 of 22 |
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
335
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 335 | 26.7 | 12.6:1 | 100% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 31.3 | 11.1:1 | 100% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 32 | 11.3:1 | 99% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 99% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 33.7 | 13.6:1 | 96% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 98% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 96% (533) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 26 | 21.7:1 | 53% (298) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School.
About Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School
Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School is an elementary school with a street address in Bolton, Mississippi. A federal count lists 335 students at the school, in pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Mississippi) has about 446 students.
Hinds County School District is responsible for 8 schools, Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School included, with 4,940 students in all.
About 87% of the student body at Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School is Black. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial, 4% White, and 2% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 15 points above the 72% share among Hinds County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 26.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Mississippi have 15.9:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hinds County is 88%.
Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.2%; the prediction is 44.1%.
Hinds County has these Census figures: the median household income is $49,402, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. In all, Hinds County has 84 public schools and roughly 32,870 students.
Of nearby public schools, Lovett Elementary School is the closest, at about 9.2 miles. In all, 4 other public schools sit within ten miles of Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School. On proficiency, Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School is behind the 69.6% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School's enrollment declined from 366 in 2020-21 to 335 in 2024-25.
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hinds County School District
- Terry High SchoolHigh · 1,127 students
- Byram Middle SchoolMiddle · 785 students
- Gary Road ElementaryElementary · 717 students
- Gary Road IntermediateElementary · 680 students
- Raymond High SchoolHigh · 539 students
- Raymond Elementary/Carver MiddleElementary · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Lovett Elementary School9.2 mi · 375
- Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle9.3 mi · 453
- Raymond High School9.4 mi · 539
- Williams School10.0 mi · 33
- Sumner Hill Junior High School10.5 mi · 396
- Clinton Junior High School11.9 mi · 862
Frequently asked questions
About Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School?
Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-08.
Is Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School have?
Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School?
Student demographics at Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School are roughly 4% White, 2% Hispanic, 87% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School public or private?
Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hinds County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.