Leflore Elementary School

Located at 401 LAKESIDE DRIVE, in ITTA BENA, Mississippi, Leflore Elementary School is a modestly sized K-5 school that serves 306 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 446.

Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 3,718 students. Leflore Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Leflore Elementary School shows that nearly all students (80%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Leflore Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 32.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Leflore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $35,277 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 28%. Across Leflore County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,921 students), Leflore Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Leflore County High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.