KCSD Lower Elementary School

KCSD Lower Elementary School, a cozy K-5 school in SCOOBA, Mississippi, one of the schools within Kemper County School District, works with 285 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

KCSD Lower Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Kemper County School District, a district that enrolls 888 students overall.

On demographics, KCSD Lower Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%). Other groups include 13% multiracial, 4% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kemper County put the typical household earns roughly $46,431 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. Across Kemper County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 888 students), KCSD Lower Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KCSD Upper Elementary School, around 11.9 miles off.

The school occupies a rural site.

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