1
What clubs or activities at HORN LAKE ELEM are worth joining?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 681 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000189
Horn Lake Elementary School
6341 RIDGEWOOD RD., HORN LAKE, MS 38637 · (662) 393-4608 · DeSoto County
GRADES PK–02ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
379 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 167 | 32% |
| Grade 1 | 149 | 29% |
| Grade 2 | 161 | 31% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
25.2%
MS avg 45.9% . -29.8pp since 2023
Math
30.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 30 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Horn Lake Elementary School
Horn Lake Elementary School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horn Lake Elementary School this school | 520 | 72.9% | 39.0% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School Southaven | 556 | 70.0% | 55.7% |
| Hope Sullivan Elementary School Southaven | 563 | 72.3% | 39.3% |
| Joyner Elementary School Tupelo | 444 | 71.8% | 55.9% |
| Shadow Oaks Elementary School Horn Lake | 423 | 80.1% | 36.1% |
| Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle Raymond | 453 | 73.3% | 56.3% |
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 Horn Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #347 of 428 | #22 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #365 of 439 ▼ 100 | #23 of 23 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #403 of 439 ▼ 200 | #23 of 23 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #135 of 453 | #19 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #361 of 408 | #21 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #157 of 409 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #302 of 444 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #192 of 296 | #5 of 15 |
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
520
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,020
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 520 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 73% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 41.7 | 12.2:1 | 79% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 42.3 | 10.7:1 | 99% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 99% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 32.7 | 17.7:1 | 83% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 82% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 29 | 21.2:1 | 75% (459) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 40 | 18.7:1 | 28% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 1,020 | 46 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horn Lake Elementary School.
About Horn Lake Elementary School
Horn Lake Elementary School is a public elementary school run by DeSoto County School District in HORN LAKE, Mississippi. The school enrolls 520 students, from pre-K through 2.
DeSoto County School District is the district for Horn Lake Elementary School. It has 39 schools and 34,934 students.
Horn Lake Elementary School's enrollment is 67% Black. Other groups make up 14% White, 13% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 33% of DeSoto County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Horn Lake Elementary School comes in at 52%.
The count of teachers at Horn Lake Elementary School is 30 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.3:1. Among elementary schools in Mississippi, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. The school counts 379 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 73%. Public schools in DeSoto County average 49%.
The allk12 Grade for Horn Lake Elementary School is D. Compared with Mississippi public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations places Horn Lake Elementary School in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 18.8 points below it (39.0% actual, 57.8% predicted).
Census estimates describe DeSoto County this way: median household income is about $85,297, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of DeSoto County number 43 and enroll about 34,934.
The next-closest public school is Horn Lake Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 43.0% on proficiency, and Horn Lake Elementary School is below that at 39.0%.
The federal government classifies Horn Lake Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 510 students in 2020-21 and 520 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Community posts for Horn Lake Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other schools in HORN LAKE
- Horn Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- Horn Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Horn Lake Intermediate SchoolElementary · 914 students
- Shadow Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- DeSoto Co. Career Center WestHigh
Nearby schools
- Horn Lake Middle School0.4 mi · 948
- Shadow Oaks Elementary School1.0 mi · 423
- Horn Lake Intermediate School1.3 mi · 914
- Horn Lake High School1.3 mi · 1,271
- Hope Sullivan Elementary School1.9 mi · 563
- Southaven Middle School2.5 mi · 1,423
Frequently asked questions
About Horn Lake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Horn Lake Elementary School?
Horn Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-02.
What age range does Horn Lake Elementary School serve?
Horn Lake Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 02.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Horn Lake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Horn Lake Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Horn Lake Elementary School?
At Horn Lake Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 13% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Horn Lake Elementary School?
Horn Lake Elementary School is overseen by DeSoto County School District in DeSoto County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.