Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORREST COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280149000221
Earl Travillion Attendance Center
316 Travillion Drive, Hattiesburg, MS 39401 · (601) 584-9303 · Forrest County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- DTest 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
9.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
253 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 58% larger than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
33.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 24.6% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Earl Travillion Attendance Center
Earl Travillion Attendance Center's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Travillion Attendance Center this school | 261 | 96.9% | 31.6% |
| Leflore Elementary School ITTA BENA | 306 | 100.0% | 32.5% |
| Bankston Elementary School Greenwood | 254 | 99.6% | 38.3% |
| Summit Elementary School Summit | 200 | 100.0% | 45.8% |
| Utica Elem Mid School Utica | 304 | 100.0% | 47.9% |
| Verona Elementary School VERONA | 364 | 99.2% | 23.6% |
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 Earl Travillion Attendance Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Forrest County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #393 of 428 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #346 of 439 ▲ 45 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #387 of 439 ▲ 31 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #356 of 453 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #4 of 408 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #192 of 409 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #199 of 444 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #119 of 296 | #2 of 9 |
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
261
-39 (-13%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 261 | 26.8 | 9.8:1 | 97% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 24.9 | 10.4:1 | 99% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 29.2 | 9.0:1 | 99% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 25 | 12.0:1 | 99% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 23.5 | 13.6:1 | 99% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 99% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 99% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 23 | 11.1:1 | 64% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 30 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earl Travillion Attendance Center.
About Earl Travillion Attendance Center
Earl Travillion Attendance Center is a small elementary school found in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school counts 261 students across pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446 students, so this school is 41% smaller than average.
Earl Travillion Attendance Center sits within Forrest County School District, which has 6 schools and 2,124 students.
A majority of students at Earl Travillion Attendance Center, 70%, are Black. The remaining shares are 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 4% White. Forrest County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Earl Travillion Attendance Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Federal data list 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Earl Travillion Attendance Center in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.8:1. Among elementary schools in Mississippi, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. The lunch program counts 97% of students at Earl Travillion Attendance Center as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Forrest County average 79%.
allk12 grades Earl Travillion Attendance Center a D. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Earl Travillion Attendance Center would score about 45.6%. It scores 31.6%, 14.0 points below that figure.
Forrest County has these Census figures: median household income is about $53,640, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The public schools of Forrest County number 21 and enroll about 10,857.
The school nearest to Earl Travillion Attendance Center is Hattiesburg STEAM Academy, at a distance of about 2.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Earl Travillion Attendance Center is 9th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Earl Travillion Attendance Center went from 300 students to 261. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.0:1 to 9.8:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Forrest County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,272
Census ACS
Median income
$53,640
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
10,857 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forrest County School District
- South Forrest Attendance CenterElementary · 604 students
- Dixie Attendance CenterElementary · 487 students
- North Forrest High SchoolHigh · 349 students
- Rawls Springs Attendance CenterElementary · 214 students
- North Forrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 209 students
Other schools in Hattiesburg
- Oak Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Bellevue ElementaryElementary · 1,145 students
- Hattiesburg High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Longleaf ElementaryElementary · 787 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Hattiesburg STEAM Academy2.4 mi · 263
- N R Burger Middle2.4 mi · 525
- Rowan Elementary3.2 mi · 425
- Hawkins Elementary4.1 mi · 283
- Petal Upper Elementary4.2 mi · 632
- Hattiesburg High School4.7 mi · 1,014
Frequently asked questions
About Earl Travillion Attendance CenterHow many students attend Earl Travillion Attendance Center?
Earl Travillion Attendance Center enrolls approximately 261 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Earl Travillion Attendance Center serve?
Earl Travillion Attendance Center serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Earl Travillion Attendance Center have?
Earl Travillion Attendance Center employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Earl Travillion Attendance Center?
At Earl Travillion Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 4% White, 12% Hispanic, 70% Black, 14% Two or more.
Is Earl Travillion Attendance Center public or private?
Earl Travillion Attendance Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Forrest County School District.
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