Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUPELO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280432001255
Early Childhood Education Center
1402 N Green Street, Tupelo, MS 38804 · (662) 840-5237 · Lee County
GRADES PK–PKELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- 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
16.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
194 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 322 | 100% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
50.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -10.8pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 50.6% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Early Childhood Education Center
Early Childhood Education Center's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Childhood Education Center this school | 322 | 60.2% | 53.3% |
| Thomas Street Elementary School Tupelo | 374 | 66.8% | 50.1% |
| Pierce Street Elementary School Tupelo | 345 | 66.4% | 60.0% |
| Chickasaw Elementary School Olive Branch | 500 | 63.8% | 52.9% |
| Pass Christian Elementary School Pass Christian | 378 | 72.8% | 68.8% |
| Oxford Early Childhood Center Oxford | 277 | 52.7% | 74.2% |
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 Early Childhood Education Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #230 of 428 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #207 of 439 ▲ 26 | #9 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #210 of 439 ▼ 57 | #10 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #306 of 453 | #12 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #321 of 408 | #18 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #56 of 409 | #2 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #375 of 444 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #30 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
322
+65 (+25%) vs 2020
+28% since 2010-11, when it was 252
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 322 | 19.5 | 16.6:1 | 60% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 21 | 15.6:1 | 60% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 20.2 | 14.9:1 | 99% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 99% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 65% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 233 | 18 | 12.9:1 | 56% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 71% (179) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Early Childhood Education Center.
About Early Childhood Education Center
Early Childhood Education Center is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Tupelo, Mississippi. The school's enrollment of 322 students covers pre-K. Statewide, elementary schools in Mississippi average about 446 students each.
Enrollment across the 12 schools in Tupelo Public School District totals 7,192 students.
Black students are the largest group at Early Childhood Education Center, with 46% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 37% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Lee County's residents are about 30% Black, 16 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Early Childhood Education Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Early Childhood Education Center operates with 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.6:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. About 60% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for Early Childhood Education Center is C. Compared with Mississippi public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.1%.
Among Lee County residents, median household income is about $67,863, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 34 public schools in Lee County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,808.
The closest other public school is Carver Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Early Childhood Education Center at 7th of 9.
Early Childhood Education Center is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
Early Childhood Education Center had 257 students in 2020-21 and 322 in 2024-25, a 25% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.3:1 in 2020-21, and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,034
Census ACS
Median income
$67,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,808 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tupelo Public School District
- Tupelo High SchoolHigh · 2,123 students
- Tupelo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Lawhon Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Joyner Elementary SchoolElementary · 444 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
Other schools in Tupelo
- Tupelo High SchoolHigh · 2,123 students
- Tupelo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Lawhon Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Joyner Elementary SchoolElementary · 444 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
Other Early Childhood Education Center schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Early Childhood Education Center. Early Childhood Education Center is the largest of the 6.
- Early Childhood Education CenterVANCOUVER, WA · 217 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTERCARLSBAD, NM · 207 students
- Early Childhood Education CenterSpringfield, MA · 165 students
- Early Childhood Education CenterENGLEWOOD, CO · 114 students
- Early Childhood Education CenterWood Dale, IL · 85 students
Nearby schools
- Carver Elementary School0.3 mi · 312
- Joyner Elementary School1.0 mi · 444
- Milam Elementary School1.2 mi · 456
- Rankin Elementary School1.9 mi · 375
- Tupelo Middle School1.9 mi · 1,070
- Pierce Street Elementary School2.1 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Early Childhood Education CenterHow large is Early Childhood Education Center?
Early Childhood Education Center enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-PK.
What grades does Early Childhood Education Center serve?
Early Childhood Education Center serves grades PK-PK.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Early Childhood Education Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Early Childhood Education Center is approximately 16.6:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Early Childhood Education Center?
At Early Childhood Education Center, the student body is approximately 37% White, 7% Hispanic, 46% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Early Childhood Education Center?
Early Childhood Education Center is overseen by Tupelo Public School District in Lee County.
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