Hatley School

Located at 60286 HATLEY ROAD, in AMORY, Mississippi, Hatley School is a sizable K-12 campus that works with 905 students (grades K through 12), run under Monroe County School District. Enrollment runs roughly 72% bigger than the state mean of about 527.

Monroe County School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 2,002 students; Hatley School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hatley School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder breaks down as 10% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hatley School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.7%, the actual is 62.7%, a residual of -4.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Monroe County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $51,866 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Monroe County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,387 students), Hatley School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Amory Elementary, roughly 2.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hatley School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hatley School has fell 17%, going from 1,089 students in 2018 to 905 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 94% to 85% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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