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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at INGOMAR ATTENDANCE CENTER this year?
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Enrollment
678
Combined
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280435000822
Ingomar Attendance Center
1384 CR 101, NEW ALBANY, MS 38652 · (662) 534-5463 · Union County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 11.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
339 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 32 | 5% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 50 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 58 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 59% larger than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
65.5%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
71.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 71.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 73.8% |
% 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
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Ingomar Attendance Center
Ingomar Attendance Center's state test result (72.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingomar Attendance Center this school | 678 | 50.0% | 72.6% |
| Smithville School SMITHVILLE | 540 | 48.7% | 73.5% |
| Hatley School AMORY | 905 | 58.2% | 66.1% |
| West Union Attendance Center MYRTLE | 660 | 57.6% | 82.6% |
| West Lincoln School BROOKHAVEN | 636 | 61.2% | 74.7% |
| Nanih Waiya Attendance Center Louisville | 517 | 59.6% | 64.3% |
Matched among Mississippi K-12 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 Ingomar Attendance Center ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #4 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #5 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #2 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #10 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #21 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #11 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #28 of 29 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
678
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 678 | 46.6 | 14.6:1 | 50% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 49.6 | 13.5:1 | 44% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 49.3 | 13.3:1 | 100% (651) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 100% (669) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 41.9 | 16.2:1 | 50% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 52% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 52% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 55% (307) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 28 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ingomar Attendance Center.
About Ingomar Attendance Center
Ingomar Attendance Center operates as a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in NEW ALBANY, Mississippi. The school counted 678 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 12. The school is 29% above the average for combined schools in Mississippi.
Union County School District is responsible for 4 schools, Ingomar Attendance Center included, with 2,986 students in all.
The student body at Ingomar Attendance Center is 76% White. It is also 10% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Among Union County residents, the White share is about 77%. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at Ingomar Attendance Center are from different groups.
Ingomar Attendance Center has 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. Across combined schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 11.8:1. The school has 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Union County, the average eligibility rate is 62%.
On BeatsExpectations, Ingomar Attendance Center is 3.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Union County show that the median household earns about $55,505 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Union County has 9 public schools with about 5,135 students, including Ingomar Attendance Center.
North Pontotoc Upper Elem sits about 2.9 miles from Ingomar Attendance Center. Ingomar Attendance Center has 4 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 67.6% proficiency; Ingomar Attendance Center posts 72.6%.
Ingomar Attendance Center falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show 672 students in 2020-21 and 678 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,122
Census ACS
Median income
$55,505
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
5,135 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union County School District
- East Union Attendance CenterElementary · 950 students
- Myrtle Attendance CenterElementary · 698 students
- West Union Attendance CenterCombined · 660 students
Other schools in NEW ALBANY
- New Albany Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,074 students
- New Albany High SchoolHigh · 605 students
- New Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 470 students
- NEW ALBANY/S.TIPPAH/UNION CO. ALTCombined
- SCHOOL OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDHigh
Nearby schools
- North Pontotoc Upper Elem2.9 mi · 297
- North Pontotoc Elementary School3.2 mi · 762
- North Pontotoc Middle School3.2 mi · 308
- North Pontotoc High School3.2 mi · 488
- New Albany Middle School5.9 mi · 470
- New Albany High School6.0 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Ingomar Attendance CenterHow large is Ingomar Attendance Center?
Ingomar Attendance Center enrolls approximately 678 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Ingomar Attendance Center serve?
Ingomar Attendance Center serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many teachers does Ingomar Attendance Center have?
Ingomar Attendance Center employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Ingomar Attendance Center?
Ingomar Attendance Center reports a student body of 76% White, 5% Hispanic, 8% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Ingomar Attendance Center?
Ingomar Attendance Center is overseen by Union County School District in Union County.
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