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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BYHALIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K-4) administration to hear?
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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280285000550
Byhalia Elementary School
172 Highway 309 North, BYHALIA, MS 38611 · (662) 838-6980 · Marshall County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
512 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 113 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 12% larger than its 4th grade class (101).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.8% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 19.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Byhalia Elementary School
Byhalia Elementary School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byhalia Elementary School this school | 515 | 99.4% | 29.3% |
| Woodley Elementary HATTIESBURG | 422 | 100.0% | 69.3% |
| Leake Central Elementary School CARTHAGE | 850 | 100.0% | 41.6% |
| H. W. Byers Elementary HOLLY SPRINGS | 262 | 98.9% | 39.6% |
| Hawkins Elementary HATTIESBURG | 283 | 99.6% | 55.7% |
| Hazlehurst Elementary HAZLEHURST | 643 | 99.5% | 42.2% |
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 Byhalia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #402 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #347 of 439 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #355 of 439 ▲ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #137 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #292 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #8 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #138 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #45 of 296 |
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
515
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 1,089
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 515 | 31.7 | 16.2:1 | 99% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 37.9 | 13.3:1 | 100% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 39.8 | 13.9:1 | 100% (553) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 99% (535) |
| 2017-18 | 739 | 37.3 | 19.8:1 | 91% (672) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 90% (661) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 93% (550) |
| 2000-01 | 1,084 | 52 | 20.9:1 | 84% (915) |
| 1990-91 | 1,089 | 54 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Byhalia Elementary School.
About Byhalia Elementary School
At 172 Highway 309 North in BYHALIA, Mississippi, Byhalia Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 515 students in kindergarten through 4.
Byhalia Elementary School reports to Marshall County School District, which has 8 schools and 2,769 students.
Enrollment at Byhalia Elementary School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 40%. After that, the student body is 28% Hispanic, 26% White, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, Marshall County is about 43% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Byhalia Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
Its 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.2:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 99%. That is close to the 97% average for public schools in Marshall County.
allk12 grades Byhalia Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Byhalia Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.4%. The school's actual rate is 29.3%, 15.2 points lower.
County data help place the school in context: in Marshall County, median household income is about $53,458, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 18%. The public schools of Marshall County number 15 and enroll about 3,762.
The closest public school to Byhalia Elementary School is Byhalia Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 3. The nearest schools with test data average 63.8%, higher than Byhalia Elementary School's 29.3%.
NCES describes the area around Byhalia Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 538 to 515. By 2024-25, the school had 16.2 students per teacher, compared with 18.6 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,979
Census ACS
Median income
$53,458
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,762 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marshall County School District
- Byhalia Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Byhalia High SchoolHigh · 428 students
- H. W. Byers High SchoolHigh · 362 students
- Potts Camp High SchoolHigh · 356 students
- Mary Reid SchoolElementary · 270 students
- H. W. Byers ElementaryElementary · 262 students
Other schools in BYHALIA
- Byhalia Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Byhalia High SchoolHigh · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Byhalia Middle School0.0 mi · 438
- Byhalia High School0.2 mi · 428
- Center Hill Elementary School4.6 mi · 788
- Center Hill High School8.4 mi · 1,059
- Overpark Elementary School8.6 mi · 635
- Lewisburg Middle School8.6 mi · 996
Frequently asked questions
About Byhalia Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Byhalia Elementary School?
Byhalia Elementary School enrolls approximately 515 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Byhalia Elementary School serve?
Byhalia Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Byhalia Elementary School have?
Byhalia Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Byhalia Elementary School?
At Byhalia Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 28% Hispanic, 40% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Byhalia Elementary School public or private?
Byhalia Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marshall County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.