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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383001163
Florence Elementary
285 Hwy 469 N, Florence, MS 39073 · (601) 845-8164 · Rankin County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- ABeats 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
15.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
259 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 178 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 164 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 195 | 36% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
78.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
81.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.1% | 81.9% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 85.2% |
% 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
84.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Florence Elementary
Florence Elementary's state test result (84.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Elementary this school | 537 | 48.2% | 84.8% |
| Steens Creek Elementary Florence | 582 | 48.5% | 84.1% |
| Clarkdale Elementary School Meridian | 527 | 45.4% | 77.4% |
| Pisgah Elementary Brandon | 556 | 44.1% | 73.7% |
| East Webster Elementary School Mathiston | 434 | 50.2% | 73.5% |
| Purvis Lower Elementary Purvis | 448 | 54.2% | 57.1% |
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 Florence Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #13 of 428 | #2 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #20 of 439 ▼ 6 | #3 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #16 of 439 ▼ 2 | #3 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #127 of 453 | #11 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #226 of 408 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #266 of 409 | #17 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #408 of 444 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #204 of 296 | #11 of 16 |
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
537
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 537 | 35.3 | 15.2:1 | 48% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 36.9 | 14.3:1 | 49% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 34.7 | 15.6:1 | 99% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 99% (548) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 32.9 | 17.9:1 | 43% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 46% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 42% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 33% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 18 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Florence Elementary.
About Florence Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Florence, Mississippi, Florence Elementary is part of Rankin County School District. Enrolled students number 537 students, in grades 3 through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Mississippi average about 446 students each.
Rankin County School District has 18,196 students spread across 27 schools.
White students are the large majority at Florence Elementary, with 81% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 13% Black and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Rankin County, the White share is about 71%. The chance that two students picked at random at Florence Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
Teachers at Florence Elementary total 35.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi have a similar average ratio of 15.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 48%. Across public schools in Rankin County, the average is about the same, 50%.
Measured against Mississippi public elementary schools, Florence Elementary receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 70.2% at Florence Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 84.8%.
Federal survey data for Rankin County show that median household income is about $79,357, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Florence Elementary is among the 34 public schools in Rankin County.
The nearest other public school, Steens Creek Elementary, is about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Ranked by average proficiency, Florence Elementary places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Florence Elementary as Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Florence Elementary went from 551 students to 537. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.7:1 to 15.2:1 over the same years.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rankin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,854
Census ACS
Median income
$79,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rankin County School District
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
Other schools in Florence
- Florence High SchoolHigh · 718 students
- Steens Creek ElementaryElementary · 582 students
- Florence Middle SchoolMiddle · 556 students
- McLaurin ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- McLaurin High SchoolHigh · 481 students
Other Florence Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Florence Elementary. Florence Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Florence ElementaryHigh Point, NC · 628 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolFlorence, KY · 610 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolFLORENCE, TX · 523 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 509 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolSOUTHLAKE, TX · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Steens Creek Elementary0.1 mi · 582
- Florence High School0.1 mi · 718
- Florence Middle School1.2 mi · 556
- Richland High School4.4 mi · 731
- Richland Upper Elementary4.4 mi · 480
- Richland Elementary4.9 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Florence ElementaryHow many students attend Florence Elementary?
Florence Elementary enrolls approximately 537 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Florence Elementary serve?
Florence Elementary serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Florence Elementary have?
Florence Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is Florence Elementary?
Florence Elementary reports a student body of 81% White, 1% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Florence Elementary?
Florence Elementary is overseen by Rankin County School District in Rankin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.