Enrollment
233
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ITAWAMBA COUNTY·NCES 280210000356
Dorsey Attendance Center
1 Dorsey School Road, Fulton, MS 38843 · (662) 862-3663 · Itawamba County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
11.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
191 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 10 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 30% larger than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 down about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 43.8% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Dorsey Attendance Center
Dorsey Attendance Center's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorsey Attendance Center this school | 233 | 82.0% | 53.0% |
| Nettleton Primary School Nettleton | 220 | 83.6% | 68.5% |
| Nettleton Elementary School Nettleton | 215 | 82.3% | 52.8% |
| South Side Upper Elementary Picayune | 310 | 79.4% | 64.6% |
| South Perry Elementary School BEAUMONT | 234 | 88.0% | 50.9% |
| South Side Lower Elementary Picayune | 320 | 82.2% | 53.4% |
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 Dorsey Attendance Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #234 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #291 of 439 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #326 of 439 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #388 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #9 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #140 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #245 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.8% | #33 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
233
+11 (+5%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 305
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 233 | 21 | 11.1:1 | 82% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 23 | 9.8:1 | 85% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 210 | 22.9 | 9.2:1 | 99% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 222 | 19 | 11.7:1 | 99% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 23.5 | 15.0:1 | 82% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 81% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 76% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 53% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 305 | 21 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dorsey Attendance Center.
About Dorsey Attendance Center
Dorsey Attendance Center is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Fulton, Mississippi. The school has 233 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Mississippi average about 446 students, which makes this school 48% below average.
Dorsey Attendance Center reports to Itawamba County, which has 6 schools and 3,275 students.
More than half of enrollment at Dorsey Attendance Center is White: 64%. Other groups make up 21% Black, 12% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Itawamba County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dorsey Attendance Center scores 54%.
Dorsey Attendance Center has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 82% at Dorsey Attendance Center. Public schools in Itawamba County average 69%.
Dorsey Attendance Center earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 44% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Dorsey Attendance Center posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.0%, compared with a predicted 53.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Itawamba County show that the median household earns about $55,546 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Itawamba County has 8 public schools with about 3,275 students, including Dorsey Attendance Center.
Dorsey Attendance Center is about 4.2 miles from Mooreville Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Dorsey Attendance Center is behind the 60.8% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 11 students, from 222 to 233.
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Itawamba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,036
Census ACS
Median income
$55,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,275 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Itawamba County
- Itawamba Attendance CenterElementary · 1,129 students
- Mantachie Attendance CenterCombined · 926 students
- Itawamba Agricultural High SchoolHigh · 555 students
- Tremont Attendance CenterCombined · 312 students
- Fairview Attendance CenterElementary · 120 students
- ITAWAMBA CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Other schools in Fulton
- Itawamba Attendance CenterElementary · 1,129 students
- Itawamba Agricultural High SchoolHigh · 555 students
- ITAWAMBA CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
- ITAWAMBA IMPROVEMENT CENTERCombined
Nearby schools
- Mooreville Middle School4.2 mi · 333
- Mooreville High School4.3 mi · 445
- Mooreville Elementary School4.3 mi · 722
- Mantachie Attendance Center5.6 mi · 926
- Itawamba Attendance Center6.9 mi · 1,129
- Itawamba Agricultural High School7.0 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Dorsey Attendance CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Dorsey Attendance Center?
Dorsey Attendance Center enrolls approximately 233 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Dorsey Attendance Center serve?
Dorsey Attendance Center serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dorsey Attendance Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dorsey Attendance Center is approximately 11.1:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dorsey Attendance Center?
Dorsey Attendance Center reports a student body of 64% White, 3% Hispanic, 21% Black, 12% Two or more.
What district is Dorsey Attendance Center in?
Dorsey Attendance Center is part of Itawamba County.
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