Long Creek Elementary School

As a modestly sized primary school in Sallis, Mississippi, Long Creek Elementary School works with 199 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under Attala County Schools. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Long Creek Elementary School sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

Attala County Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 952 students; Long Creek Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Long Creek Elementary School logs that nearly all students (92%) are Black. Beyond that, the school lists 5% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Long Creek Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 98% of students at Long Creek Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Attala County's rate of about 87%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Attala County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,639 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Attala County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,925 students), of which Long Creek Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is McAdams Attendance Center, roughly 4.6 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Long Creek Elementary School has edged down 28%, going from 276 students in 2018 to 199 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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