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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CLINTON PARK ELEM SCHOOL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
746
Elementary
DISTRICT 725 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280109000133
Clinton Park Elementary School
501 Arrow Drive, Clinton, MS 39056 · (601) 924-5205 · Hinds County
GRADES PK–01ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL746 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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
15.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
376 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 50 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 338 | 45% |
| Grade 1 | 358 | 48% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Clinton Park Elementary School→Northside Elementary School→Eastside Elementary School→Lovett Elementary School→Clinton Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Clinton Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -10.3pp since 2023
Math
82.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 82.4% |
| 2023-24 | 82.4% | 82.1% |
% 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
79.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% 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 Clinton Park Elementary School
Clinton Park Elementary School's state test result (79.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Park Elementary School this school | 746 | 50.4% | 79.8% |
| Eastside Elementary School Clinton | 747 | 47.9% | 82.9% |
| Northside Elementary School Clinton | 683 | 48.0% | 75.7% |
| DeSoto Central Elementary SOUTHAVEN | 831 | 45.4% | 64.8% |
| Bramlett Elementary School Oxford | 715 | 53.6% | 74.2% |
| Longleaf Elementary Hattiesburg | 787 | 56.5% | 68.6% |
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 Clinton Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #25 of 428 | #3 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #16 of 439 ▲ 7 | #2 of 38 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #35 of 439 ▼ 19 | #4 of 38 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 746 | #47 of 453 | #2 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #269 of 408 | #16 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #95 of 409 | #4 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #402 of 444 | #37 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #281 of 296 | #22 of 22 |
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
746
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 784
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 746 | 47 | 15.9:1 | 50% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 65.8 | 11.1:1 | 48% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 65.5 | 10.9:1 | 100% (709) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 43 | 17.2:1 | 100% (736) |
| 2017-18 | 762 | 41.4 | 18.4:1 | 44% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 809 | 37 | 21.9:1 | 53% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 29 | 24.2:1 | 47% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 40 | 18.2:1 | 32% (234) |
| 1990-91 | 784 | 35 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clinton Park Elementary School.
About Clinton Park Elementary School
Among the schools in Clinton, Mississippi, is Clinton Park Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. There are 746 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 1. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 446.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in Clinton Public School District totals 5,148 students.
Black students are 56% of those enrolled at Clinton Park Elementary School. The next largest groups are 30% White, 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. In Hinds County overall, about 72% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.9 students per teacher. That is in line with the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Of all students at Clinton Park Elementary School, 50% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Hinds County averages 88%, higher than here.
Clinton Park Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Clinton Park Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 79.8% is 10.7 points above the 69.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Hinds County, where the median household earns about $49,402 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Clinton Park Elementary School shares Hinds County with 83 other public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Eastside Elementary School, is the closest to Clinton Park Elementary School. Clinton Park Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 71.2%, lower than Clinton Park Elementary School's 79.8%.
NCES describes the area around Clinton Park Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 739 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 746. Students per teacher dropped from 17.2 in 2020-21 to 15.9 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Clinton Park Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clinton Public School District
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Clinton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 683 students
- Sumner Hill Junior High SchoolHigh · 396 students
- Lovett Elementary SchoolMiddle · 375 students
Other schools in Clinton
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Clinton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 683 students
- Sumner Hill Junior High SchoolHigh · 396 students
- Lovett Elementary SchoolMiddle · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Eastside Elementary School0.3 mi · 747
- Northside Elementary School0.3 mi · 683
- Clinton High School0.7 mi · 1,339
- Clinton Junior High School1.6 mi · 862
- Sumner Hill Junior High School2.2 mi · 396
- John Hopkins Elementary School2.2 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Clinton Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clinton Park Elementary School?
Clinton Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 746 students in grades PK-01.
Is Clinton Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clinton Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-01.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clinton Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clinton Park Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Clinton Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Clinton Park Elementary School are roughly 30% White, 5% Hispanic, 56% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Clinton Park Elementary School?
Clinton Park Elementary School is overseen by Clinton Public School District in Hinds County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.