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Best kept secret at HOUSTON LOWER ELEMENTARY?
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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICKASAW COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280020001535
Houston Lower Elementary School
123 Starkville Street, Houston, MS 38851 · (662) 456-3323 · Chickasaw County
GRADES PK–02ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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
14.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
377 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 160 | 34% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 28% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 29% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Houston Lower Elementary School→Houston Upper Elementary
Based on grade levels within Chickasaw County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
59.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 59.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 53.7% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Houston Lower Elementary School
Houston Lower Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Lower Elementary School this school | 472 | 79.9% | 55.4% |
| East Tate Elementary COLDWATER | 473 | 78.4% | 52.3% |
| Houston Upper Elementary Houston | 387 | 77.8% | 65.5% |
| South Side Lower Elementary Picayune | 320 | 82.2% | 53.4% |
| Monticello Elementary Monticello | 397 | 76.3% | 36.1% |
| South Side Upper Elementary Picayune | 310 | 79.4% | 64.6% |
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 Houston Lower Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #215 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #152 of 439 ▲ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #205 of 439 ▼ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #168 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #191 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #83 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #250 of 444 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 472 | 31.8 | 14.8:1 | 80% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 42.6 | 11.3:1 | 79% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 42.1 | 11.5:1 | 99% (482) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houston Lower Elementary School.
About Houston Lower Elementary School
Houston Lower Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Houston, Mississippi. The school serves 472 students in pre-K through 2 in 2024-25.
A total of 5 schools make up Chickasaw County School District, with 2,197 students enrolled.
Houston Lower Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 49%. It is also 38% Black and 10% Hispanic. That is close to the 50% White share among all Chickasaw County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Houston Lower Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
A ratio of 14.8:1 comes from the school's 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 80% of students at Houston Lower Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 79% average for public schools in Chickasaw County.
allk12 grades Houston Lower Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Houston Lower Elementary School is 1.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools.
Federal survey data for Chickasaw County show that median household income is about $43,586, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. A total of 11 public schools operate in Chickasaw County, serving about 2,709 students.
The shortest distance from Houston Lower Elementary School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Houston High School. The five-mile area around Houston Lower Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 54.1% proficiency; Houston Lower Elementary School posts 55.4%.
NCES describes the area around Houston Lower Elementary School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
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Chickasaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,915
Census ACS
Median income
$43,586
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,709 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chickasaw County School District
- Houston High SchoolHigh · 529 students
- Houlka Attendance CenterCombined · 457 students
- Houston Upper ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Houston Middle SchoolMiddle · 352 students
- HOUSTON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
- HOUSTON CAREER & TECHNOLOGY ED.High
Other schools in Houston
- Houston High SchoolHigh · 529 students
- Houston Upper ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Houston Middle SchoolMiddle · 352 students
- HOUSTON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
- HOUSTON CAREER & TECHNOLOGY ED.High
Nearby schools
- Houston High School0.4 mi · 529
- Houston Middle School0.5 mi · 352
- Houston Upper Elementary0.9 mi · 387
- Houlka Attendance Center9.8 mi · 457
- Vardaman Attendance Center10.1 mi · 624
- West Clay Elementary School12.2 mi · 111
Frequently asked questions
About Houston Lower Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Houston Lower Elementary School?
Houston Lower Elementary School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-02.
What age range does Houston Lower Elementary School serve?
Houston Lower Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 02.
How many students per teacher at Houston Lower Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Houston Lower Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Houston Lower Elementary School?
At Houston Lower Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 10% Hispanic, 38% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Houston Lower Elementary School public or private?
Houston Lower Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chickasaw County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.