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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 681 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132001373
Lewisburg Primary School
1707 Craft Rd, Olive Branch, MS 38654 · (662) 893-6001 · DeSoto County
GRADES PK–01ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
134 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 47 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 259 | 45% |
| Grade 1 | 272 | 47% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
81.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.1% | 81.6% |
| 2023-24 | 82.6% | 88.8% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Lewisburg Primary School
Lewisburg Primary School's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisburg Primary School this school | 578 | 23.2% | 82.0% |
| Lewisburg Elementary School Olive Branch | 604 | 25.3% | 80.0% |
| Lewisburg Intermediate School Olive Branch | 606 | 19.6% | 82.2% |
| Magnolia Park Elementary Ocean Springs | 613 | 29.7% | 79.3% |
| Oak Park Elementary Ocean Springs | 467 | 25.9% | 79.8% |
| Oak Grove Central Elementary School Hernando | 744 | 30.6% | 72.1% |
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 Lewisburg Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #18 of 428 | #2 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #27 of 439 ▼ 21 | #2 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #23 of 439 ▼ 8 | #2 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #102 of 453 | #16 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #373 of 408 | #22 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #218 of 409 | #20 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #438 of 444 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #120 of 296 | #2 of 15 |
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
578
-210 (-27%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 578 | 32.7 | 17.7:1 | 23% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 48.9 | 11.8:1 | 21% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 49.2 | 11.8:1 | 99% (579) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 42 | 18.8:1 | 100% (785) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 25% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 37 | 17.9:1 | 27% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 26 | 20.3:1 | 32% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewisburg Primary School.
About Lewisburg Primary School
Lewisburg Primary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Olive Branch, Mississippi, under DeSoto County School District. The school offers pre-K through 1 and enrolls 578 students. On average, elementary schools in Mississippi enroll around 446, and this school is 30% larger than that mark.
Lewisburg Primary School is one school in DeSoto County School District, a system of 39 schools with 34,934 students.
At Lewisburg Primary School, 74% of students are White. After that, the student body is 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show DeSoto County is about 57% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
There are 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi, 15.9:1, is lower. Of all students at Lewisburg Primary School, 23% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in DeSoto County is 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lewisburg Primary School lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.8% for Lewisburg Primary School. The school posts 82.0%, within a point of the prediction.
DeSoto County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $85,297 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Lewisburg Primary School shares DeSoto County with 42 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lewisburg Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lewisburg Primary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 578, down from 788 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 17.7 students per teacher, compared with 18.8 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Lewisburg Primary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other schools in Olive Branch
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,079 students
- Center Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,059 students
- Olive Branch High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Center Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 788 students
- Center Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
Nearby schools
- Lewisburg Elementary School0.1 mi · 604
- Lewisburg Intermediate School0.3 mi · 606
- Lewisburg High School0.3 mi · 1,330
- Lewisburg Middle School4.0 mi · 996
- DeSoto Central Primary School4.6 mi · 792
- Hernando Hills Elementary5.9 mi · 770
Frequently asked questions
About Lewisburg Primary SchoolHow many students attend Lewisburg Primary School?
Lewisburg Primary School enrolls approximately 578 students in grades PK-01.
What age range does Lewisburg Primary School serve?
Lewisburg Primary School serves students from grade PK through grade 01.
How many teachers does Lewisburg Primary School have?
Lewisburg Primary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Lewisburg Primary School?
Student demographics at Lewisburg Primary School are roughly 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lewisburg Primary School?
Lewisburg Primary School is overseen by DeSoto County School District in DeSoto County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.