Kossuth Elementary School

Kossuth Elementary School operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Corinth, Mississippi, operated by Alcorn School District. Current enrollment sits at 570 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Kossuth Elementary School sits 28% larger than that benchmark.

Alcorn School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,226 students. Kossuth Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kossuth Elementary School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Kossuth Elementary School logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at Kossuth Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, Alcorn County reports that median household income runs about $51,260, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Kossuth Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Alcorn County (combined enrollment of about 5,626 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kossuth High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 593 students in 2018 compared to 570 in 2025.

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