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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383000711
Flowood Elementary
102 Winner's Circle, Flowood, MS 39232 · (601) 992-6277 · Rankin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
13.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
233 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
69%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
66.5%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.5% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 71.8% | 61.5% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Flowood Elementary
Flowood Elementary's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flowood Elementary this school | 458 | 50.9% | 67.0% |
| Northside Elementary School Clinton | 683 | 48.0% | 75.7% |
| Central Elementary School Oxford | 709 | 45.8% | 74.7% |
| Eastside Elementary School Clinton | 747 | 47.9% | 82.9% |
| Bramlett Elementary School Oxford | 715 | 53.6% | 74.2% |
| Northwest Elementary Flowood | 477 | 37.1% | 75.5% |
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 Flowood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #113 of 428 | #12 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #128 of 439 ▲ 15 | #13 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #63 of 439 ▼ 6 | #10 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #176 of 453 | #16 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #118 of 408 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #11 of 409 | #1 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.9% | #401 of 444 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #44 of 296 | #2 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
458
-135 (-23%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 458 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 51% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 37.2 | 12.7:1 | 47% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 37.8 | 12.9:1 | 99% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 99% (590) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 38.2 | 17.3:1 | 36% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 32% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 34% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 31 | 18.7:1 | 33% (194) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flowood Elementary.
About Flowood Elementary
Flowood Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Flowood, Mississippi. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 458 students.
Flowood Elementary is part of Rankin County School District, where 27 schools serve 18,196 students.
At Flowood Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 41%. The remaining shares are 35% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Rankin County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school's share is lower. Flowood Elementary's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Flowood Elementary is 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. About 51% of students, or 233, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Rankin County.
Measured against Mississippi public elementary schools, Flowood Elementary receives a B. 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 68.8% at Flowood Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.0%.
Among Rankin County residents, the median household income is $79,357, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Flowood Elementary, Rankin County has 33 other public schools.
The closest public school to Flowood Elementary is Northwest Elementary, about 3.5 miles away. Flowood Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Flowood Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 135 students since 2020-21, to 458. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.9:1 to 13.9:1.
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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 Flowood
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Northwest ElementaryElementary · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Elementary3.5 mi · 477
- Northwest Middle School3.7 mi · 1,352
- McLeod Elementary School3.9 mi · 343
- Northwest High School4.1 mi · 1,855
- Northside Elementary4.4 mi · 665
- Revive Collegiate4.4 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Flowood ElementaryHow many students attend Flowood Elementary?
Flowood Elementary enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
Is Flowood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Flowood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Flowood Elementary have?
Flowood Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Flowood Elementary?
Flowood Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 10% Hispanic, 35% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Flowood Elementary?
Flowood Elementary is overseen by Rankin County School District in Rankin County.
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