Edna M Scott Elementary School

Edna M Scott Elementary School is one of the compact primary schools in LELAND, Mississippi, run under Leland School District, with 239 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

Leland School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 671 students; Edna M Scott Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Edna M Scott Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% White.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Edna M Scott Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, census data for Washington County shows the typical household earns roughly $42,165 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Across Washington County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,329 students), Edna M Scott Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Leland High School, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 330 students in 2018 compared to 239 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 91% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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