Florence Elementary

Florence Elementary, a mid-sized elementary campus in Florence, Mississippi, part of Rankin County School District, serves 537 students, covering grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Florence Elementary sits 20% above that benchmark.

Across the 27 schools in Rankin County School District (18,196 students total), Florence Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Florence Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest is composed of 13% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Florence Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.2%; this one delivers 84.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rankin County) shows that median household income runs about $79,357, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Rankin County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,454 students), of which Florence Elementary is one.

Steens Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Florence Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.2%.

Florence Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Florence Elementary's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 589 (now 537). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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