Eupora Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Eupora, Mississippi, Eupora Elementary School instructs 401 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Webster County Schools.

Webster County Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,717 students. Eupora Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Eupora Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder consists of 25% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Webster County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Webster County's rate of about 55%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Webster County) reports that median household earnings sit near $58,789, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Webster County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,717 students), Eupora Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Eupora High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Eupora Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 464 (now 401). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 31% to 25%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.