I. T. Montgomery Elementary School

As a close-knit elementary school in MOUND BAYOU, Mississippi, I. T. Montgomery Elementary School enrolls 185 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within North Bolivar Consolidated. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so I. T. Montgomery Elementary School sits 59% leaner than that benchmark.

North Bolivar Consolidated comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 749 students; I. T. Montgomery Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, I. T. Montgomery Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 25% multiracial. By comparison, Bolivar County as a whole is about 63% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, I. T. Montgomery Elementary School shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bolivar County indicate the typical household earns roughly $39,585 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 27%. Across Bolivar County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,415 students), I. T. Montgomery Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hayes Cooper Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. I. T. Montgomery Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 35% since 2018, when it stood at 283 (now 185). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 98% to 75%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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