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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280216000962
East Central Lower Elementary
5621 Highway 614, Moss Point, MS 39562 · (228) 283-3300 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–02ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
19.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
328 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 162 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 195 | 34% |
| Grade 2 | 191 | 34% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
East Central Lower Elementary→East Central Upper Elementary
Based on grade levels within Jackson County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
MS avg 45.9% . -21.8pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 70.7% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 East Central Lower Elementary
East Central Lower Elementary's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Central Lower Elementary this school | 567 | 57.8% | 69.7% |
| East Central Upper Elementary Moss Point | 566 | 56.9% | 70.9% |
| Poplarville Lower Elementary POPLARVILLE | 521 | 58.7% | 65.8% |
| Kossuth Elementary School Corinth | 570 | 62.3% | 64.8% |
| Hamilton School HAMILTON | 557 | 60.0% | 68.3% |
| Perkinston Elementary School Perkinston | 503 | 60.4% | 68.5% |
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 East Central Lower Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #86 of 428 | #7 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #57 of 439 ▲ 26 | #8 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #140 of 439 ▼ 112 | #13 of 21 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #108 of 453 | #5 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #393 of 408 | #19 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #340 of 409 | #18 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #384 of 444 | #16 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #47 of 90 | #3 of 6 |
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
567
+50 (+10%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 567 | 29.2 | 19.4:1 | 58% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 39.1 | 15.4:1 | 55% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 37.1 | 15.5:1 | 99% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 99% (514) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 29.5 | 17.9:1 | 54% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 30 | 19.2:1 | 56% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 30 | 21.6:1 | 52% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 31 | 20.6:1 | 41% (260) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Central Lower Elementary.
About East Central Lower Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, East Central Lower Elementary serves students in Moss Point, Mississippi. The school teaches pre-K through 2 and enrolls 567 students. That puts enrollment 27% above the 446-student average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Jackson County School District is responsible for 13 schools, East Central Lower Elementary included, with 8,845 students in all.
The share of White students at East Central Lower Elementary is 90%. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. The school's White share is 23 points above the 67% share among Jackson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
The school lists 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Mississippi average 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 58% of the student body. The figure for public schools in Jackson County is close, at 59%.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, East Central Lower Elementary outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For East Central Lower Elementary, the prediction is 65.3% and the result is 69.7%.
In the wider Jackson County area, the median household earns about $66,201 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. East Central Lower Elementary shares Jackson County with 45 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, East Central High School, is about 0.1 miles. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, East Central Lower Elementary is 4th among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 517 (2020-21) to 567 (2024-25).
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,249
Census ACS
Median income
$66,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
22,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson County School District
- St. Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- St. Martin Middle SchoolMiddle · 946 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Vancleave High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- St. Martin East ElementaryElementary · 704 students
- Vancleave Lower ElementaryElementary · 686 students
Other schools in Moss Point
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- East Central Upper ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- East Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Moss Point High SchoolHigh · 491 students
- Kreole Primary ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Magnolia Middle SchoolMiddle · 359 students
Nearby schools
- East Central High School0.1 mi · 777
- East Central Middle School0.2 mi · 541
- East Central Upper Elementary0.3 mi · 566
- Tanner Williams Elementary School9.9 mi · 304
- Agricola Elementary School11.2 mi · 543
- Vancleave Upper Elementary12.9 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About East Central Lower ElementaryHow large is East Central Lower Elementary?
East Central Lower Elementary enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-02.
What age range does East Central Lower Elementary serve?
East Central Lower Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 02.
How many students per teacher at East Central Lower Elementary?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at East Central Lower Elementary.
What is the student diversity at East Central Lower Elementary?
Student demographics at East Central Lower Elementary are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is East Central Lower Elementary in?
East Central Lower Elementary is part of Jackson County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.