Enrollment
194
Elementary
DISTRICT 190 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BOLIVAR CONSOLIDATED·NCES 280018601404
Casper E Hall
615 School St, Duncan, MS 38740 · (662) 337-6523 · Bolivar County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL194 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
191 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 10 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Casper E Hall→Northside High School
Based on grade levels within North Bolivar Consolidated. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
54.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 60.7% |
% 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Casper E Hall
Casper E Hall's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casper E Hall this school | 194 | 98.5% | 56.6% |
| Long Creek Elementary School Sallis | 199 | 98.5% | 52.1% |
| Hopewell Elementary School COLLINS | 196 | 98.5% | 62.8% |
| Threadgill Primary School GREENWOOD | 207 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
| S.V. Marshall Elementary School Lexington | 214 | 100.0% | 48.7% |
| Linwood School VAUGHAN | 178 | 98.3% | 37.6% |
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 Casper E Hall ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Bolivar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #201 of 428 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #185 of 439 ▼ 34 | #3 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #203 of 439 ▲ 18 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 194 | #415 of 453 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #185 of 444 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #64 of 296 | #5 of 10 |
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
194
-73 (-27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 194 | 15.5 | 12.5:1 | 98% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 17.6 | 11.3:1 | 100% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 16.3 | 12.3:1 | 100% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 100% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 264 | 15.8 | 16.7:1 | 100% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 230 | 16 | 14.4:1 | 100% (230) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Casper E Hall.
About Casper E Hall
The public elementary school Casper E Hall is located in Duncan, Mississippi. The school's enrollment of 194 students covers pre-K through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in Mississippi average about 446 students each.
Casper E Hall is in North Bolivar Consolidated, a district with 749 students across 3 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Casper E Hall is 96% Black. After that, the student body is 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Bolivar County, the Black share is about 63%. The school's diversity index is 7%, meaning two students picked at random have a 7% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Casper E Hall operates with 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Mississippi have 15.9:1, compared with 12.5:1 here. Casper E Hall reports 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Bolivar County average 100%.
The allk12 Grade for Casper E Hall is B+. Compared with Mississippi public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Casper E Hall falls in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools: 56.6% actual against 44.9% predicted.
Across Bolivar County, the median household income is $39,585, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 27% of residents are in poverty. In all, Bolivar County has 19 public schools and roughly 4,415 students.
The closest other public school is Northside High School, about 6.4 miles away. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Casper E Hall ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment is down 27% from 2020-21, when Casper E Hall had 267 students, to 2024-25, when it had 194. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.7:1 to 12.5:1.
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Bolivar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,534
Census ACS
Median income
$39,585
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
27%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
4,415 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Bolivar Consolidated
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 370 students
- I. T. Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 185 students
Nearby schools
- Northside High School6.4 mi · 370
- Coahoma County Jr High School10.1 mi · 172
- I. T. Montgomery Elementary School11.1 mi · 185
- Hayes Cooper Center13.3 mi · 304
- Kirkpatrick Health And Wellness Magnet School14.0 mi · 266
- Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School14.1 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Casper E HallWhat is the total enrollment at Casper E Hall?
Casper E Hall enrolls approximately 194 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Casper E Hall serve?
Casper E Hall serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Casper E Hall?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Casper E Hall.
How diverse is Casper E Hall?
Casper E Hall reports a student body of 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Casper E Hall?
Casper E Hall is overseen by North Bolivar Consolidated in Bolivar County.
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