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Enrollment
850
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEAKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280252001118
Leake Central Elementary School
603 HWY. 16 WEST, CARTHAGE, MS 39051 · (601) 267-9148 · Leake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL850 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
850 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 145 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 159 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Leake Central Elementary School→Leake Central Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Leake County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
21.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -17.6pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 33.3% |
% 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Leake Central Elementary School
Leake Central Elementary School's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leake Central Elementary School this school | 850 | 100.0% | 41.6% |
| Byhalia Elementary School BYHALIA | 515 | 99.4% | 29.3% |
| Hazlehurst Elementary HAZLEHURST | 643 | 99.5% | 42.2% |
| Woodley Elementary HATTIESBURG | 422 | 100.0% | 69.3% |
| Bel-Aire Elementary Gulfport | 598 | 98.5% | 52.7% |
| Central Elementary Gulfport | 482 | 99.4% | 44.2% |
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 Leake Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #335 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #379 of 439 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #424 of 439 ▼ 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 850 | #27 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #265 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #84 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #79 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #95 of 296 |
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
850
-55 (-6%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 850 | 53.7 | 15.8:1 | 100% (850) |
| 2023-24 | 862 | 65.4 | 13.2:1 | 100% (862) |
| 2022-23 | 860 | 67.8 | 12.7:1 | 100% (860) |
| 2020-21 | 905 | 58 | 15.6:1 | 100% (902) |
| 2017-18 | 1,080 | 59.4 | 18.2:1 | 100% (1,077) |
| 2015-16 | 1,113 | 62 | 17.9:1 | 93% (1,034) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 46 | 17.9:1 | 88% (723) |
| 2000-01 | 909 | 46 | 19.8:1 | 75% (681) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 24 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leake Central Elementary School.
About Leake Central Elementary School
Leake Central Elementary School is a large elementary school in CARTHAGE, Mississippi, administered by Leake County School District. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 850 students. That compares with an average of about 446 students for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Leake Central Elementary School is in Leake County School District, a district with 2,408 students across 5 schools.
Black students are 55% of those enrolled at Leake Central Elementary School. The remaining shares are 28% Hispanic, 14% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Leake County's population at about 39%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
The school has 53.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.8 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Mississippi is similar, at 15.9:1. Of all students at Leake Central Elementary School, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Leake County is similar, at 100%.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, Leake Central Elementary School outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
In Mississippi, Leake Central Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.6% actual against a predicted 44.1%.
For the population of Leake County, the median household earns about $50,728 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Leake Central Elementary School shares Leake County with 7 other public schools.
Leake Central Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Leake Central Junior High School, its nearest public school. Leake Central Elementary School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Leake Central Elementary School ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 41.6% against a local average of 48.7%.
NCES describes the area around Leake Central Elementary School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 850, down from 905 in 2020-21.
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Leake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,319
Census ACS
Median income
$50,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,644 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Leake County School District
- Leake Central High SchoolHigh · 592 students
- Leake Central Junior High SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- Leake County Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Leake County High SchoolHigh · 266 students
- LEAKE CO CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Other schools in CARTHAGE
- Leake Central High SchoolHigh · 592 students
- Leake Central Junior High SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- Standing Pine Elementary SchoolElementary · 119 students
- Red Water Elementary SchoolElementary · 117 students
- LEAKE CO CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- Leake Central Junior High School0.8 mi · 383
- Leake Central High School1.4 mi · 592
- Red Water Elementary School3.9 mi · 117
- Standing Pine Elementary School6.4 mi · 119
- Leake County Elementary School9.3 mi · 317
- Leake County High School10.4 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Leake Central Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Leake Central Elementary School?
Leake Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 850 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Leake Central Elementary School serve?
Leake Central Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Leake Central Elementary School have?
Leake Central Elementary School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
How diverse is Leake Central Elementary School?
Leake Central Elementary School reports a student body of 14% White, 28% Hispanic, 55% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Leake Central Elementary School public or private?
Leake Central Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Leake County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.