Key Elementary School

Key Elementary School is an elementary campus of intimate scale in Jackson, Mississippi, operated by Jackson Public Schools, caters to 259 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 42% smaller than the state mean of about 446.

Jackson Public Schools runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 16,870 students. Key Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Key Elementary School lists that nearly all students (94%) are Black; the rest comes out to 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Hinds County as a whole is about 72% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Key Elementary School shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Key Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hinds County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Key Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.1%; Key Elementary School posts 29.5%, -14.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, Hinds County reports that median household earnings sit near $49,402, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Key Elementary School is one of 84 public schools in Hinds County (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students).

The closest other public school is Reimagine Prep, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 259 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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