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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280243001362
Clarkdale Elementary School
7000 Highway 145, Meridian, MS 39031 · (601) 693-4463 · Lauderdale County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- B+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
14.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
239 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
30%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Clarkdale Elementary School→Clarkdale High School
Based on grade levels within Lauderdale County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
71.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.8% | 71.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.1% | 73.7% |
% 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
77.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Clarkdale Elementary School
Clarkdale Elementary School's state test result (77.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkdale Elementary School this school | 527 | 45.4% | 77.4% |
| Pisgah Elementary Brandon | 556 | 44.1% | 73.7% |
| Florence Elementary Florence | 537 | 48.2% | 84.8% |
| Steens Creek Elementary Florence | 582 | 48.5% | 84.1% |
| East Webster Elementary School Mathiston | 434 | 50.2% | 73.5% |
| Enterprise Elementary ENTERPRISE | 390 | 50.0% | 73.8% |
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 Clarkdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Lauderdale County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #33 of 428 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #69 of 439 ▼ 10 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #30 of 439 ▲ 42 | #1 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #131 of 453 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #170 of 408 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #285 of 409 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #415 of 444 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.6% | #7 of 90 | N/A |
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
527
+68 (+15%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 415
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 527 | 36.2 | 14.5:1 | 45% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 40.6 | 13.3:1 | 35% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 41.7 | 12.5:1 | 99% (517) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 99% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 25.6 | 15.0:1 | 50% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 52% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 53% (220) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarkdale Elementary School.
About Clarkdale Elementary School
Clarkdale Elementary School serves students in Meridian, Mississippi, as a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 527 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 6.
Lauderdale County School District is made up of 11 schools with 5,940 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Clarkdale Elementary School is 83% White. Other groups include 9% Black and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 51% White. Clarkdale Elementary School's diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Clarkdale Elementary School, 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Mississippi have 15.9:1, compared with 14.5:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 45% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Lauderdale County averages 75%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Clarkdale Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Clarkdale Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.4% and a predicted 71.6%.
Clarkdale Elementary School is located in Lauderdale County, where the median household income is $50,817, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Besides Clarkdale Elementary School, Lauderdale County has 23 other public schools.
The school nearest to Clarkdale Elementary School is Clarkdale High School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Clarkdale Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 68 more students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.1 to 14.5 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Clarkdale Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lauderdale County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,504
Census ACS
Median income
$50,817
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,325 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lauderdale County School District
- West Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 608 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- West Lauderdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
- West Lauderdale High SchoolHigh · 535 students
Other schools in Meridian
- Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- West Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 608 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 520 students
Other Clarkdale Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Clarkdale Elementary. Clarkdale Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Clarkdale Elementary SchoolAustell, GA · 785 students
Nearby schools
- Clarkdale High School0.0 mi · 422
- Enterprise Middle School7.2 mi · 268
- Enterprise Elementary7.2 mi · 390
- Enterprise High School7.9 mi · 260
- Crestwood Elementary8.9 mi · 368
- Carver Elementary School9.8 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Clarkdale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clarkdale Elementary School?
Clarkdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Clarkdale Elementary School serve?
Clarkdale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Clarkdale Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Clarkdale Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Clarkdale Elementary School?
Student demographics at Clarkdale Elementary School are roughly 83% White, 1% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Clarkdale Elementary School in?
Clarkdale Elementary School is part of Lauderdale County School District.
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