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Enrollment
1,071
Elementary
DISTRICT 800 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORINTH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280126001368
Corinth Elementary School
1910 Droke Road, Corinth, MS 38834 · (662) 286-5245 · Alcorn County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,071 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.5:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
739 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 107 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 192 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 180 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 189 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 203 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 179 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 21 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (192) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (179).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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 Corinth School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
42.7%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 53.2% | 44.0% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Corinth Elementary School
Corinth Elementary School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth Elementary School this school | 1,071 | 69.0% | 46.9% |
| New Albany Elementary School New Albany | 1,074 | 65.4% | 73.7% |
| West Jones Elementary School Laurel | 1,114 | 69.8% | 58.0% |
| Bellevue Elementary Hattiesburg | 1,145 | 63.2% | 66.4% |
| Pontotoc Elementary School Pontotoc | 657 | 73.1% | 65.5% |
| Walls Elementary School Walls | 722 | 69.0% | 45.4% |
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 Corinth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #291 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #281 of 439 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #226 of 439 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,071 | #11 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #242 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #3 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #331 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #146 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
1,071
-104 (-9%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 946
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 1,071 | 69 | 15.5:1 | 69% (739) |
| 2023-24 | 1,096 | 82 | 13.4:1 | 70% (770) |
| 2022-23 | 1,103 | 86.7 | 12.7:1 | 100% (1,100) |
| 2020-21 | 1,175 | 74 | 15.9:1 | 100% (1,172) |
| 2017-18 | 1,250 | 71.8 | 17.4:1 | 69% (857) |
| 2015-16 | 1,330 | 74 | 18.0:1 | 67% (889) |
| 2010-11 | 946 | 58 | 16.3:1 | 65% (614) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Corinth Elementary School.
About Corinth Elementary School
Corinth Elementary School is a large elementary school in Mississippi, located in Corinth. Enrollment totals 1,071 students across pre-K through 4. The school is 140% larger than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Besides Corinth Elementary School, Corinth School District runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 2,400 students.
The student body at Corinth Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 40%. The remaining shares are 29% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Alcorn County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
Corinth Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1, with 69 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 15.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 69% at Corinth Elementary School.
On the allk12 Grade, Corinth Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Corinth Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.9% is 12.8 points below the 59.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Alcorn County show that the median household earns about $51,260 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Alcorn County has 13 public schools with about 5,626 students, including Corinth Elementary School.
Corinth Elementary School's nearest public school is Corinth High School (about 1.2 miles). In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Corinth Elementary School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Corinth Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,071, compared with 1,175 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Corinth Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Alcorn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,289
Census ACS
Median income
$51,260
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,626 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corinth School District
- Corinth Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Corinth High SchoolHigh · 610 students
Other schools in Corinth
- Corinth Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Corinth High SchoolHigh · 610 students
- Kossuth Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Kossuth High SchoolHigh · 398 students
- Kossuth Middle SchoolMiddle · 374 students
- Biggersville ElementaryElementary · 354 students
Other Corinth Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Corinth Elementary. Corinth Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Corinth ElemPrairie Village, KS · 576 students
- Corinth Elementary SchoolCORINTH, TX · 537 students
- CORINTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORINTH, NY · 402 students
- Corinth ElementaryGaffney, SC · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Corinth High School1.2 mi · 610
- Corinth Middle School1.6 mi · 719
- Alcorn Central Elementary School4.0 mi · 510
- Alcorn Central High School4.1 mi · 386
- Alcorn Central Middle School4.1 mi · 371
- Biggersville High School6.7 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Corinth Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Corinth Elementary School?
Corinth Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,071 students in grades PK-04.
Is Corinth Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Corinth Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Corinth Elementary School have?
Corinth Elementary School employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is Corinth Elementary School?
Corinth Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 19% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Corinth Elementary School public or private?
Corinth Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Corinth School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.