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Enrollment
680
Elementary
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HINDS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280186000983
Gary Road Intermediate
7255 Gary Road, Byram, MS 39272 · (601) 372-8150 · Hinds County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- 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.
- ·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
14.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
539 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 237 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 224 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 219 | 32% |
Student demographics
19%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 Hinds County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
MS avg 52.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 44.4% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Gary Road Intermediate
Gary Road Intermediate's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Road Intermediate this school | 680 | 79.3% | 56.1% |
| Gary Road Elementary Byram | 717 | 68.1% | 51.4% |
| Mamie Martin Elementary BROOKHAVEN | 622 | 82.0% | 57.4% |
| Newton Elementary School Newton | 367 | 75.2% | 35.2% |
| Batesville Elementary School Batesville | 741 | 87.9% | 53.5% |
| Batesville Intermediate School Batesville | 587 | 89.4% | 47.5% |
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 Gary Road Intermediate ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #207 of 428 | #8 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #225 of 439 ▲ 45 | #11 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #242 of 439 ▲ 26 | #10 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #71 of 453 | #5 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #165 of 408 | #10 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #338 of 409 | #14 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #255 of 444 | #34 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #65 of 296 | #7 of 22 |
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
680
-138 (-17%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 680 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 79% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 48 | 14.2:1 | 74% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 703 | 47.4 | 14.8:1 | 100% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 818 | 50 | 16.4:1 | 100% (815) |
| 2017-18 | 918 | 51 | 18.0:1 | 79% (725) |
| 2015-16 | 923 | 47 | 19.6:1 | 77% (709) |
| 2010-11 | 971 | 49 | 19.8:1 | 60% (580) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 37 | 20.7:1 | 53% (403) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gary Road Intermediate.
About Gary Road Intermediate
Gary Road Intermediate is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Byram, Mississippi. It reports enrollment of 680 students in grades 3 through 5. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 446.
Gary Road Intermediate is one school in an 8-school district, Hinds County School District, which enrolls 4,940 students.
By race and ethnicity, Gary Road Intermediate is 90% Black. Other groups include 6% White and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 72% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi, 15.9:1, is higher. A total of 539 students, or 79%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Hinds County, the average is 88%.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, Gary Road Intermediate outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Gary Road Intermediate sits between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.1% and a predicted 54.5%.
Hinds County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $49,402, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hinds County's 84 public schools enroll about 32,870 students and include Gary Road Intermediate.
About 0.2 miles separate Gary Road Intermediate from the closest public school, Gary Road Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Local comparison: Gary Road Intermediate ranks 1st of 6 nearby schools, at 56.1% versus a 40.5% average.
The NCES locale for Gary Road Intermediate is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment decreased by 17% across 4 years, from 818 in 2020-21 to 680 in 2024-25. The ratio was 16.4:1 in 2020-21 and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hinds County School District
- Terry High SchoolHigh · 1,127 students
- Byram Middle SchoolMiddle · 785 students
- Gary Road ElementaryElementary · 717 students
- Raymond High SchoolHigh · 539 students
- Raymond Elementary/Carver MiddleElementary · 453 students
- Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle SchoolElementary · 335 students
Nearby schools
- Gary Road Elementary0.2 mi · 717
- Byram Middle School0.8 mi · 785
- Forest Hill High School5.2 mi · 1,139
- Oak Forest Elementary School5.6 mi · 436
- Timberlawn Elementary School5.8 mi · 295
- SYKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Gary Road IntermediateWhat is the total enrollment at Gary Road Intermediate?
Gary Road Intermediate enrolls approximately 680 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Gary Road Intermediate serve?
Gary Road Intermediate serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Gary Road Intermediate have?
Gary Road Intermediate employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Gary Road Intermediate?
Student demographics at Gary Road Intermediate are roughly 6% White, 2% Hispanic, 90% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Gary Road Intermediate public or private?
Gary Road Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hinds County School District.
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