Enrollment
236
Middle
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH PIKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280408000769
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School
1147 North Clark Street, Magnolia, MS 39652 · (601) 783-2231 · Pike County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Mississippi public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
233 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 59 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 41% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 34% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Pike School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 36.4% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School this school | 236 | 98.7% | 45.0% |
| South Pike Junior High Magnolia | 241 | 100.0% | 42.0% |
| Charleston Middle School CHARLESTON | 208 | 98.6% | 28.1% |
| North Panola Middle School Como | 243 | 98.8% | 26.1% |
| Holly Springs Intermediate School HOLLY SPRINGS | 228 | 97.4% | 40.8% |
| Carver Elementary Indianola | 250 | 100.0% | 48.9% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Pike County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #103 of 176 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #125 of 181 ▲ 9 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #98 of 181 ▼ 15 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #154 of 186 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #118 of 163 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #127 of 164 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #76 of 184 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #29 of 119 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
236
-71 (-23%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 236 | 16.2 | 14.6:1 | 99% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 15.6 | 17.6:1 | 100% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 15.8 | 17.5:1 | 100% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 100% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 17.3 | 18.5:1 | 100% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 96% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 19 | 20.8:1 | 90% (355) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 25 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School.
About Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School
In Magnolia, Mississippi, part of Pike County, Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School is a middle school. It serves 236 students in grades 4 through 6. For comparison, middle schools in Mississippi average about 452 students.
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School is in South Pike School District, a district with 1,461 students across 5 schools.
The large majority of students at Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School, 85%, are Black. Other reported shares: 9% White and 4% multiracial. Pike County's residents are about 54% Black, 31 points below the school's share. Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School was 14.6:1. Among middle schools in Mississippi, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 99%.
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 53% of Mississippi public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School, the prediction is 44.8% and the result is 45.0%.
In the county around the school, Pike County, median household income is about $43,814, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. A total of 20 public schools operate in Pike County, serving about 5,717 students.
Eva Gordon Lower Elementary School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 39.3% proficiency; Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School posts 45.0%.
For locale, NCES codes Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School went from 307 students to 236. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.5:1 in 2020-21, and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,602
Census ACS
Median income
$43,814
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Pike School District
- South Pike High SchoolHigh · 425 students
- Eva Gordon Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- South Pike Junior HighMiddle · 241 students
- Osyka Elementary SchoolElementary · 214 students
- SOUTH PIKE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
- SOUTH PIKE CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTEHigh
Other schools in Magnolia
- South Pike High SchoolHigh · 425 students
- Eva Gordon Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- South Pike Junior HighMiddle · 241 students
- SOUTH PIKE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
- SOUTH PIKE CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTEHigh
Nearby schools
- Eva Gordon Lower Elementary School0.1 mi · 345
- South Pike Junior High0.9 mi · 241
- South Pike High School0.9 mi · 425
- McComb High School5.9 mi · 632
- Kennedy Elementary School6.0 mi · 232
- Denman Junior High School6.0 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About Eva Gordon Upper Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School?
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 236 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School serve?
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School serves grades 04-06.
How many teachers does Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School have?
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School?
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 2% Hispanic, 85% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School?
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School is overseen by South Pike School District in Pike County.
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