Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST TALLAHATCHIE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280141000206
Charleston Elementary School
412 E. CHESTNUT ST., CHARLESTON, MS 38921 · (662) 647-2679 · Tallahatchie County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
313 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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 39% larger than its 4th grade class (46).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Based on grade levels within East Tallahatchie School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
24.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 up about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.8% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 17.3% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% 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 Charleston Elementary School
Charleston Elementary School's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Elementary School this school | 316 | 99.1% | 23.8% |
| Eva Gordon Lower Elementary School Magnolia | 345 | 100.0% | 34.6% |
| KCSD Lower Elementary School SCOOBA | 285 | 98.9% | 49.5% |
| West Elementary School NATCHEZ | 376 | 99.7% | 34.2% |
| George H. Oliver Visual/Performing Arts Magnet School CLARKSDALE | 299 | 98.0% | 24.2% |
| Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle School Bolton | 335 | 100.0% | 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 Charleston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #419 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #399 of 439 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #407 of 439 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #311 of 453 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.2% | #286 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #165 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.8% | #9 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
316
-70 (-18%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 534
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 | 316 | N/A | N/A | 99% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 24 | 13.4:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 24.7 | 12.4:1 | 100% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 99% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 96% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 94% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 89% (525) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 86% (511) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 32 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charleston Elementary School.
About Charleston Elementary School
The public elementary school Charleston Elementary School is located in CHARLESTON, Mississippi. The school reports 316 students in pre-K through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446 students.
The district for Charleston Elementary School is East Tallahatchie School District, with 3 schools and 797 students.
Black students make up 83% of enrollment at Charleston Elementary School. Smaller groups are 12% White and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Tallahatchie County is roughly 61% Black. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That tracks the 99% average for public schools in Tallahatchie County.
Charleston Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Charleston Elementary School is a bottom-10% school in Mississippi on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.8% against a predicted 44.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Tallahatchie County, the median household income is $37,466, roughly 12% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tallahatchie County is home to 7 public schools and about 1,345 public school students.
Nearest public school: Charleston High School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Charleston Elementary School places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school enrolled 316 students in 2024-25, 70 fewer than the 386 it had in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Tallahatchie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,764
Census ACS
Median income
$37,466
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Tallahatchie School District
- Charleston High SchoolHigh · 273 students
- Charleston Middle SchoolMiddle · 208 students
- E TALLAHATCHIE VOC CENTERHigh
Other schools in CHARLESTON
- Charleston High SchoolHigh · 273 students
- Charleston Middle SchoolMiddle · 208 students
- E TALLAHATCHIE VOC CENTERHigh
Other Charleston Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Charleston Elementary. Charleston Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHARLESTON, AR · 502 students
- Charleston ElementaryLos Banos, CA · 374 students
- Charleston Elementary SchoolCharleston, TN · 358 students
- Charleston Elementary SchoolWest Charleston, VT · 118 students
Nearby schools
- Charleston High School0.3 mi · 273
- Charleston Middle School0.5 mi · 208
- Pope School15.6 mi · 549
- West Tallahatchie High School17.7 mi · 297
- R.H. Bearden Elementary18.8 mi · 251
- Quitman County Elementary18.8 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Charleston Elementary SchoolHow large is Charleston Elementary School?
Charleston Elementary School enrolls approximately 316 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Charleston Elementary School serve?
Charleston Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How diverse is Charleston Elementary School?
Charleston Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 1% Hispanic, 83% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Charleston Elementary School?
Charleston Elementary School is overseen by East Tallahatchie School District in Tallahatchie County.
What county does Charleston Elementary School serve?
Charleston Elementary School serves Tallahatchie County in MS.
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