Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280090001396
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary
551 Finney Road, Canton, MS 39046 · (601) 407-1809 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
365 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
43.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 36.6% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary this school | 366 | 99.7% | 47.9% |
| Spann Elementary School Jackson | 433 | 100.0% | 46.2% |
| Oak Park Elementary School LAUREL | 405 | 100.0% | 19.0% |
| McNeal Elementary School Canton | 385 | 100.0% | 45.3% |
| Nora Davis Elementary Laurel | 519 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Bates Elementary School Jackson | 482 | 99.4% | 23.7% |
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 Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #283 of 428 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #309 of 439 ▲ 20 | #13 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #258 of 439 ▲ 50 | #12 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #267 of 453 | #12 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #233 of 408 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #253 of 409 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #118 of 444 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #93 of 296 | #3 of 13 |
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
366
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 366 | 23.9 | 15.3:1 | 100% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 27.8 | 14.4:1 | 100% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 25.9 | 14.4:1 | 100% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 17 | 23.2:1 | 100% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 23.9 | 19.5:1 | 100% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 22 | 23.9:1 | 100% (526) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary.
About Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Canton, Mississippi. It had 366 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Canton Public Schools has a total of 8 schools and 3,419 students, Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary among them.
The student body at Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary is 78% Black. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Madison County, the Black share is about 37%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
Its ratio of 15.3:1 is based on 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 15.9:1. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 52% average among public schools in Madison County.
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary is 3.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.9% versus 44.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
The county, Madison County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,441 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary, Madison County has 34 public schools.
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Huey L Porter Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary's average proficiency of 47.9% compares with 44.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 366, from 395 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 15.3 students per teacher, compared with 23.2 in 2020-21.
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,647
Census ACS
Median income
$83,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
16,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canton Public Schools
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 899 students
- Canton Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- McNeal Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Reuben B. Myers Arts & SciencesElementary · 378 students
- Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
- Huey L Porter MiddleMiddle · 356 students
Other schools in Canton
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 899 students
- Madison Crossing ElementaryElementary · 761 students
- Canton Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- McNeal Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Reuben B. Myers Arts & SciencesElementary · 378 students
- Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Huey L Porter Middle0.1 mi · 356
- CANTON PUBLIC 9TH GRADE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 262
- Canton High School0.4 mi · 899
- Canton Elementary School1.7 mi · 411
- SR1 COLLEGE PREP & STEM ACADEMY2.8 mi · 87
- McNeal Elementary School2.9 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Jimmie M Goodloe ElementaryHow large is Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary?
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary serve?
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary is approximately 15.3:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary?
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 16% Hispanic, 78% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary public or private?
Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canton Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.