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Which teacher or staff member at JOYNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUPELO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280432000813
Joyner Elementary School
1201 Joyner Avenue, Tupelo, MS 38804 · (662) 841-8900 · Lee County
GRADES KG–02ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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.
- C+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
14.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
319 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 145 | 33% |
| Grade 1 | 156 | 35% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 32% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
58.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
52.1%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 48.5% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Joyner Elementary School
Joyner Elementary School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner Elementary School this school | 444 | 71.8% | 55.9% |
| Rankin Elementary School Tupelo | 375 | 71.7% | 63.2% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School Southaven | 556 | 70.0% | 55.7% |
| Parkway Elementary School Tupelo | 418 | 74.9% | 55.3% |
| Harrison Central Elementary Gulfport | 465 | 76.3% | 72.3% |
| Pass Christian Elementary School Pass Christian | 378 | 72.8% | 68.8% |
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 Joyner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #210 of 428 | #9 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #204 of 439 ▲ 44 | #8 of 18 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #126 of 439 ▼ 19 | #3 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #184 of 453 | #5 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #132 of 408 | #12 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #52 of 409 | #1 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #309 of 444 | #11 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #29 of 90 | N/A |
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
444
+43 (+11%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 444 | 31.5 | 14.1:1 | 72% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 44.6 | 9.7:1 | 70% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 43.3 | 9.6:1 | 99% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 99% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 29.5 | 13.6:1 | 67% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 70% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 33 | 12.1:1 | 60% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 42% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 29 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joyner Elementary School.
About Joyner Elementary School
Joyner Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Tupelo, Mississippi. Classes run from kindergarten through 2, and the school has 444 students.
Joyner Elementary School is part of Tupelo Public School District, where 12 schools serve 7,192 students.
At Joyner Elementary School, Black students make up 51% of the student body. The school is also 28% White, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is higher than the 30% Black share among all Lee County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 14.1 students per teacher and 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.8 below the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 72%.
The allk12 Grade for Joyner Elementary School is C+. Compared with Mississippi public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.3% for Joyner Elementary School. The school posts 55.9%, 2.4 points below the prediction.
In the county around the school, Lee County, the median household income is $67,863, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 34 public schools in Lee County, enrolling about 14,808 students in all.
The nearest public school is Early Childhood Education Center, at about 1.0 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Joyner Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Joyner Elementary School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment is up 11% from 2020-21, when Joyner Elementary School had 401 students, to 2024-25, when it had 444.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,034
Census ACS
Median income
$67,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,808 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tupelo Public School District
- Tupelo High SchoolHigh · 2,123 students
- Tupelo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Lawhon Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Lawndale Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Other schools in Tupelo
- Tupelo High SchoolHigh · 2,123 students
- Tupelo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Lawhon Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Lawndale Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Other Joyner Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Joyner Elementary. Joyner Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Joyner ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 569 students
- Joyner ElementarySan Diego, CA · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Early Childhood Education Center1.0 mi · 322
- Rankin Elementary School1.1 mi · 375
- Milam Elementary School1.1 mi · 456
- Carver Elementary School1.2 mi · 312
- Tupelo Middle School1.6 mi · 1,070
- Pierce Street Elementary School1.7 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Joyner Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joyner Elementary School?
Joyner Elementary School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-02.
What age range does Joyner Elementary School serve?
Joyner Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 02.
How many students per teacher at Joyner Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Joyner Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joyner Elementary School?
At Joyner Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 51% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Joyner Elementary School public or private?
Joyner Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tupelo Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.