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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the GLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JONES COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280228000439
Glade Elementary
990 Highway 15 South, Laurel, MS 39443 · (601) 428-4265 · Jones County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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
12.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
333 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 43 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
55.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 62.2% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Glade Elementary
Glade Elementary's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glade Elementary this school | 423 | 78.7% | 62.0% |
| McLaurin Elementary Florence | 504 | 75.2% | 65.6% |
| Falkner Attendance Center Falkner | 476 | 82.4% | 51.9% |
| Walnut Attendance Center WALNUT | 480 | 73.1% | 61.5% |
| South Hancock Elementary School Bay St. Louis | 480 | 73.8% | 61.0% |
| Biggersville Elementary CORINTH | 354 | 77.7% | 58.9% |
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 Glade Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jones County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #150 of 428 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #118 of 439 ▲ 22 | #4 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #159 of 439 ▲ 7 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #198 of 453 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #25 of 408 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #220 of 409 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #260 of 444 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #69 of 90 | N/A |
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
423
+37 (+10%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 423 | 35.2 | 12.0:1 | 79% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 34.6 | 12.2:1 | 78% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 99% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 99% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 28.2 | 14.6:1 | 76% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 77% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 77% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 58% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 38 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glade Elementary.
About Glade Elementary
Federal records list Glade Elementary as an elementary school in Laurel, Mississippi. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 423 students.
Glade Elementary is among 9 schools run by Jones County School District, which serves 8,693 students.
White students are 74% of those enrolled at Glade Elementary. Other reported shares: 17% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 64% White among all Jones County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
On staff are 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi have an average ratio of 15.9:1. About 79% of students at Glade Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 76% average for public schools in Jones County.
Glade Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Glade Elementary is +7.2 points: 62.0% actual, 54.8% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Jones County, the median household earns about $52,216 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting Glade Elementary, Jones County has 20 public schools.
Oak Park Elementary School is the nearest public school to Glade Elementary, about 2.4 miles away. Within five miles of Glade Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Glade Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment rose 10% over 4 years, reaching 423 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Glade Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Jones County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,472
Census ACS
Median income
$52,216
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
11,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jones County School District
- West Jones High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- South Jones High SchoolHigh · 1,300 students
- South Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,129 students
- West Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,114 students
- Northeast Jones High SchoolHigh · 938 students
- North Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 854 students
Other schools in Laurel
- West Jones High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- West Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,114 students
- Northeast Jones High SchoolHigh · 938 students
- North Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 854 students
- East Jones ElementaryElementary · 794 students
- Laurel High SchoolHigh · 732 students
Other Glade Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Glade Elementary. Glade Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Glade ElementaryWalkersville, MD · 561 students
- Glade Elementary SchoolCowen, WV · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Park Elementary School2.4 mi · 405
- Laurel Upper Elementary3.0 mi · 253
- Laurel Middle School3.1 mi · 388
- Nora Davis Elementary3.6 mi · 519
- Laurel Magnet School Of The Arts3.7 mi · 323
- Laurel High School3.9 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About Glade ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Glade Elementary?
Glade Elementary enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Glade Elementary serve?
Glade Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Glade Elementary have?
Glade Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Glade Elementary?
Student demographics at Glade Elementary are roughly 74% White, 5% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Glade Elementary in?
Glade Elementary is part of Jones County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.