Lockard Elementary School

Lockard Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Indianola, Mississippi, one of the schools within Sunflower County Consolidated School District, serves 393 students, covering grades K through 3.

Sunflower County Consolidated School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 2,807 students; Lockard Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lockard Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%); the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 73% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Lockard Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 67.7%, a residual of +23.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sunflower County shows median household income runs about $39,956, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, Sunflower County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,807 students), of which Lockard Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Robert L Merritt Junior High, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lockard Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 393).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.