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What's the most underrated thing about CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,070
Elementary
DISTRICT 846 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWNDES COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280273000528
Caledonia Elementary
9509 Wolfe Rd, Caledonia, MS 39740 · (662) 356-2050 · Lowndes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,070 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- ATest 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
14.0:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
548 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 78 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 153 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 182 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 185 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 165 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 165 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (165).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
70.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.3% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.7% | 77.6% |
% 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
77.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Caledonia Elementary
Caledonia Elementary's state test result (77.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Elementary this school | 1,070 | 51.2% | 77.7% |
| Lafayette Upper Elementary School Oxford | 803 | 52.8% | 69.9% |
| Lafayette Elementary School Oxford | 776 | 53.1% | 72.5% |
| West Lauderdale Elementary School Meridian | 761 | 46.1% | 63.4% |
| Saltillo Primary School SALTILLO | 704 | 53.7% | 57.6% |
| Mooreville Elementary School MOOREVILLE | 722 | 54.4% | 74.4% |
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 Caledonia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Lowndes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #32 of 428 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #47 of 439 ▼ 2 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #39 of 439 no change | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,070 | #12 of 453 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #129 of 408 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #206 of 409 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #400 of 444 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #250 of 296 | #6 of 7 |
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
1,070
+28 (+3%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 1,070 | 76.3 | 14.0:1 | 51% (548) |
| 2023-24 | 1,082 | 83.5 | 13.0:1 | 46% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 1,060 | 81.4 | 13.0:1 | 100% (1,057) |
| 2020-21 | 1,042 | 67 | 15.6:1 | 100% (1,039) |
| 2017-18 | 1,119 | 70.2 | 15.9:1 | 43% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 1,029 | 70 | 14.7:1 | 49% (506) |
| 2010-11 | 988 | 60 | 16.5:1 | 47% (466) |
| 2000-01 | 832 | 46 | 18.1:1 | 50% (420) |
| 1990-91 | 717 | 35 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caledonia Elementary.
About Caledonia Elementary
Caledonia Elementary is a large elementary school located in Caledonia, Mississippi. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 1,070 students enrolled. It has 140% more students than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi (about 446).
Lowndes County School District enrolls 5,261 students in 8 schools, including Caledonia Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Caledonia Elementary is 73% White. Next come 15% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 49% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
Caledonia Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1, with 76.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 51% at Caledonia Elementary. Across public schools in Lowndes County, the average is 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, Caledonia Elementary lands at A, ahead of 91% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Caledonia Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 77.7%; the prediction is 68.7%.
In Lowndes County, the median household earns about $53,812 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Lowndes County has 20 public schools with about 8,512 students, including Caledonia Elementary.
Caledonia Middle School is the nearest public school to Caledonia Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Caledonia Elementary, there are 2 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Caledonia Elementary is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,070, compared with 1,042 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.0:1, from 15.6:1.
The allk12 page for Caledonia Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,838
Census ACS
Median income
$53,812
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,512 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowndes County School District
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 1,191 students
- New Hope High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- New Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Caledonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- West Lowndes ElementaryElementary · 276 students
Other schools in Caledonia
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Caledonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
Other Caledonia Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Caledonia Elementary. Caledonia Elementary is the largest of the 6.
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolCaledonia, IL · 449 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolCALEDONIA, MI · 378 students
- CALEDONIA ELEMENTARYCALEDONIA, MN · 295 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolCleveland Heights, OH · 245 students
- CALEDONIA ELEM.CALEDONIA, MO · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Caledonia Middle School0.3 mi · 487
- Caledonia High School0.3 mi · 640
- Hamilton School6.5 mi · 557
- Columbus Middle School9.9 mi · 597
- Sale Elementary School11.9 mi · 290
- Cook Elementary School12.0 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Caledonia ElementaryHow many students attend Caledonia Elementary?
Caledonia Elementary enrolls approximately 1,070 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Caledonia Elementary serve?
Caledonia Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Caledonia Elementary?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Caledonia Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Caledonia Elementary?
Student demographics at Caledonia Elementary are roughly 73% White, 5% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Caledonia Elementary?
Caledonia Elementary is overseen by Lowndes County School District in Lowndes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.