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Enrollment
914
Elementary
DISTRICT 681 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000945
Horn Lake Intermediate School
6585 Horn Lake Road, Horn Lake, MS 38637 · (662) 280-7075 · DeSoto County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL914 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
730 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 323 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 294 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 297 | 32% |
Student demographics
48%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
35.9%
MS avg 45.9% . -8.3pp since 2023
Math
32.3%
MS avg 52.8% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 38.7% |
% 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Horn Lake Intermediate School
Horn Lake Intermediate School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horn Lake Intermediate School this school | 914 | 79.9% | 41.7% |
| Southaven Elementary School Southaven | 681 | 78.4% | 45.3% |
| Horn Lake Elementary School HORN LAKE | 520 | 72.9% | 39.0% |
| Shadow Oaks Elementary School Horn Lake | 423 | 80.1% | 36.1% |
| Northeast Elementary School Meridian | 730 | 77.8% | 45.0% |
| Hope Sullivan Elementary School Southaven | 563 | 72.3% | 39.3% |
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 Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #333 of 428 | #20 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #355 of 439 ▼ 39 | #21 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #330 of 439 ▼ 39 | #20 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 914 | #22 of 453 | #3 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #379 of 408 | #23 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #184 of 409 | #16 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #251 of 444 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #127 of 296 | #3 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
914
-52 (-5%) vs 2020
+44% since 2000-01, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 914 | 51 | 17.9:1 | 80% (730) |
| 2023-24 | 882 | 59.5 | 14.8:1 | 85% (751) |
| 2022-23 | 921 | 65.9 | 14.0:1 | 100% (918) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 64 | 15.1:1 | 100% (963) |
| 2017-18 | 1,102 | 65.2 | 16.9:1 | 88% (972) |
| 2015-16 | 1,097 | 63 | 17.4:1 | 86% (948) |
| 2010-11 | 1,133 | 53 | 21.4:1 | 81% (923) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 28% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horn Lake Intermediate School.
About Horn Lake Intermediate School
Horn Lake Intermediate School is a high-enrollment elementary school located in Horn Lake, Mississippi. It educates 914 students in grades 3 through 5. The school's enrollment is 105% above the 446 average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Horn Lake Intermediate School is one of the 39 schools that make up DeSoto County School District (34,934 students in total).
Black students are the majority at Horn Lake Intermediate School, with 69% of enrollment. Other groups make up 13% White, 11% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. DeSoto County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.9:1, with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Horn Lake Intermediate School is 80%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DeSoto County is 49%.
The allk12 Grade for Horn Lake Intermediate School is C-. Compared with Mississippi public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Horn Lake Intermediate School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.7%; the prediction is 54.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for DeSoto County show that the median household income is $85,297, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Horn Lake Intermediate School, DeSoto County has 42 other public schools.
The closest public school to Horn Lake Intermediate School is Shadow Oaks Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Horn Lake Intermediate School is ahead of the 40.9% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
Federal data place Horn Lake Intermediate School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Horn Lake Intermediate School dropped 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 966 to 914 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.9:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Horn Lake Intermediate School. 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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Shadow Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- DeSoto Co. Career Center WestHigh
Nearby schools
- Shadow Oaks Elementary School0.3 mi · 423
- Horn Lake Elementary School1.3 mi · 520
- Horn Lake Middle School1.6 mi · 948
- Horn Lake High School1.7 mi · 1,271
- Hope Sullivan Elementary School2.6 mi · 563
- Southaven Elementary School3.4 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About Horn Lake Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Horn Lake Intermediate School?
Horn Lake Intermediate School enrolls approximately 914 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Horn Lake Intermediate School serve?
Horn Lake Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Horn Lake Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Horn Lake Intermediate School is approximately 17.9:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Horn Lake Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Horn Lake Intermediate School are roughly 13% White, 11% Hispanic, 69% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Horn Lake Intermediate School in?
Horn Lake Intermediate School is part of DeSoto County School District.
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