Brandon Elementary

Set in Brandon, Mississippi, Brandon Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school, operated by Rankin County School District. It enrolls 743 students across grades 4 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 67% bigger than the state mean of about 446.

Rankin County School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 18,196 students; Brandon Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Brandon Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest breaks down as 30% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Rankin County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Brandon Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Brandon Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Rankin County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brandon Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.0%, the actual is 75.8%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rankin County put median household earnings sit near $79,357, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Rankin County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,454 students), of which Brandon Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Brandon Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Brandon Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 866 (now 743). Over the same period, the White share fell from 67% to 59%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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