Enrollment
250
Middle
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUNFLOWER COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280018701433
Carver Elementary
404 Jefferson Street, Indianola, MS 38751 · (662) 884-1250 · Sunflower County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Mississippi public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
250 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 90 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Carver Elementary→Robert L Merritt Junior High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sunflower County Consolidated School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
45.1%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 44.8% |
% 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Elementary this school | 250 | 100.0% | 48.9% |
| Quitman County Middle School MARKS | 265 | 100.0% | 34.2% |
| Belle-Shivers Middle School Aberdeen | 266 | 100.0% | 36.6% |
| Jefferson County Middle School Fayette | 240 | 98.8% | 29.4% |
| Northwest Middle School Jackson | 242 | 100.0% | 71.1% |
| Greenwood Middle School Greenwood | 278 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Carver Elementary ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #82 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #99 of 181 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #91 of 181 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #146 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #69 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #153 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #3 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -59.3% | #2 of 119 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
250
-81 (-24%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 250 | 19.3 | 13.0:1 | 100% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 23.2 | 11.1:1 | 100% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 22.9 | 13.1:1 | 100% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 100% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 42.3 | 14.6:1 | 100% (615) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 100% (667) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Elementary.
About Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary is a small middle school in Indianola, Mississippi, (ZIP code 38751). The school's enrollment of 250 students covers grades 4 through 6. Enrollment is 45% lower than the average for middle schools in Mississippi, which is about 452.
District-wide, Sunflower County Consolidated School District has 11 schools and 2,807 students.
Carver Elementary enrolls a student body that is 95% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% White and 2% Hispanic. In Sunflower County overall, about 73% of residents are Black. By the diversity index, Carver Elementary comes in at 10%.
Federal data list 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carver Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Mississippi is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. Across public schools in Sunflower County, the average is about the same, 100%.
Carver Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 66% of Mississippi public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Carver Elementary would score about 44.1%. It scores 48.9%, 4.8 points above that figure.
Among Sunflower County residents, median household income is about $39,956, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 22% of residents are in poverty. Carver Elementary is one of 13 public schools in Sunflower County, which together enroll about 2,807 students.
Robert L Merritt Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 48.9% is above the 44.0% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Carver Elementary's location as Town: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 331 to 250.
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Sunflower County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,333
Census ACS
Median income
$39,956
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sunflower County Consolidated School District
- Gentry High SchoolHigh · 465 students
- Lockard Elementary SchoolElementary · 393 students
- Robert L Merritt Junior HighMiddle · 341 students
- Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High SchoolHigh · 331 students
- Ruleville Central ElementaryElementary · 271 students
- Moorhead Central SchoolElementary · 245 students
Other schools in Indianola
- Gentry High SchoolHigh · 465 students
- Lockard Elementary SchoolElementary · 393 students
- Robert L Merritt Junior HighMiddle · 341 students
- INDIANOLA ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTCombined
- INDIANOLA CAREER & TECH CENTERHigh
Other Carver Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 13 states are named Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary is the 22nd largest of the 26.
- Carver Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 506 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolTupelo, MS · 312 students
- Carver ElementaryBASSFIELD, MS · 252 students
- Carver ElementaryMAPLEWOOD, MN · 898 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCarver, MA · 788 students
Nearby schools
- Robert L Merritt Junior High0.3 mi · 341
- Gentry High School0.4 mi · 465
- Lockard Elementary School1.0 mi · 393
- Moorhead Central School7.9 mi · 245
- Rosser Early Learning Center8.6 mi · 79
- McEvans Elementary School13.5 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About Carver ElementaryHow many students attend Carver Elementary?
Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 250 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Carver Elementary serve?
Carver Elementary serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Carver Elementary?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Carver Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Carver Elementary?
Student demographics at Carver Elementary are roughly 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Carver Elementary?
Carver Elementary is overseen by Sunflower County Consolidated School District in Sunflower County.
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