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What's the most underrated thing about LOVETT ELEM SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
375
Middle
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280109001028
Lovett Elementary School
2002 W. Northside Drive, Clinton, MS 39056 · (601) 924-5664 · Hinds County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Mississippi public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
173 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 375 | 100% |
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
Lovett Elementary School→Clinton Junior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Clinton Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.4%
MS avg 45.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
72.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 72.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 77.4% |
% 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
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Lovett Elementary School
Lovett Elementary School's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovett Elementary School this school | 375 | 46.1% | 70.2% |
| Oxford Intermediate School Oxford | 356 | 41.3% | 63.4% |
| Clinton Junior High School Clinton | 862 | 44.4% | 73.7% |
| Overstreet Elementary School Starkville | 324 | 66.4% | 57.5% |
| St. Martin Middle School Ocean Springs | 946 | 61.9% | 63.9% |
| Oxford Middle School Oxford | 667 | 48.3% | 61.8% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Lovett Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #16 of 176 | #3 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #18 of 181 ▼ 7 | #3 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #4 of 181 ▲ 9 | #1 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #91 of 186 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #130 of 163 | #12 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #31 of 164 | #1 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #170 of 184 | #14 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #86 of 119 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
375
-91 (-20%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 375 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 46% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 24.7 | 15.5:1 | 51% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 24.1 | 18.5:1 | 99% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 23 | 20.3:1 | 99% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 52% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 50% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 20 | 18.2:1 | 52% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 21 | 19.0:1 | 32% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 20 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lovett Elementary School.
About Lovett Elementary School
Lovett Elementary School is a middle school located in Clinton, Mississippi, in Hinds County. Enrolled students number 375 students, in grade 6.
Lovett Elementary School is among 7 schools run by Clinton Public School District, which serves 5,148 students.
Black students are the majority at Lovett Elementary School, with 55% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 29% White, 9% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 17 points below the 72% share among Hinds County residents. Lovett Elementary School's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.6:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.9 students per teacher above the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 46%. Compared with the 88% average for public schools in Hinds County, the school's rate is lower.
Lovett Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 85% of Mississippi public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Lovett Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.2% and a predicted 71.2%.
Federal survey data for Hinds County show that the median household income is $49,402, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. There are 84 public schools in Hinds County, enrolling about 32,870 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Sumner Hill Junior High School, about 1.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Lovett Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 375, a 20% decrease from 466 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.3:1 to 15.6:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Lovett Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clinton Public School District
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Clinton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Clinton Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 683 students
- Sumner Hill Junior High SchoolHigh · 396 students
Other schools in Clinton
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Clinton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Clinton Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 683 students
- Sumner Hill Junior High SchoolHigh · 396 students
Other Lovett Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lovett Elementary. Lovett Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lovett Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 700 students
- Lovett Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Sumner Hill Junior High School1.4 mi · 396
- Clinton High School2.8 mi · 1,339
- Clinton Junior High School3.0 mi · 862
- Northside Elementary School3.1 mi · 683
- Eastside Elementary School3.2 mi · 747
- Clinton Park Elementary School3.4 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About Lovett Elementary SchoolHow large is Lovett Elementary School?
Lovett Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades 06-06.
What age range does Lovett Elementary School serve?
Lovett Elementary School serves students from grade 06 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lovett Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lovett Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lovett Elementary School?
Lovett Elementary School reports a student body of 29% White, 4% Hispanic, 55% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lovett Elementary School?
Lovett Elementary School is overseen by Clinton Public School District in Hinds County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.