Calhoun City Elementary

Calhoun City Elementary is one of the intimate elementary-level communitys in CALHOUN CITY, Mississippi, one of the schools within Calhoun County School District, with 235 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Calhoun City Elementary sits 47% below that benchmark.

Within Calhoun County School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,989 students, Calhoun City Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Calhoun City Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Calhoun County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Calhoun City Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Calhoun County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Calhoun County reports that median household income runs about $43,125, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Calhoun City Elementary is one of 8 public schools in Calhoun County (combined enrollment of about 1,989 students).

Nearest neighbor: Calhoun City High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Calhoun City Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calhoun City Elementary has edged down 35%, going from 362 students in 2018 to 235 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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