H. W. Byers Elementary

H. W. Byers Elementary is one of the compact elementary-level communitys in HOLLY SPRINGS, Mississippi, run under Marshall County School District, with 262 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so H. W. Byers Elementary sits 41% smaller than that benchmark.

H. W. Byers Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Marshall County School District, a district that hosts 2,769 students overall.

In terms of who attends, H. W. Byers Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% White, 22% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, H. W. Byers Elementary records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, census data for Marshall County shows median household income runs about $53,458, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. H. W. Byers Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Marshall County (combined enrollment of about 3,762 students).

H. W. Byers High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. H. W. Byers Elementary's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 262). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 10% to 22%.

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