Lovett Elementary School

Lovett Elementary School operates as a compact junior high in Clinton, Mississippi, part of Clinton Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 375 students spanning grade 6.

Across the 7 schools in Clinton Public School District (5,148 students total), Lovett Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lovett Elementary School logs that 55% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 29% White, 9% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hinds County as a whole is about 72% Black, so the school skews noticeably less Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Lovett Elementary School lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Lovett Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Lovett Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Hinds County's rate of about 88%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hinds County put median household earnings sit near $49,402, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hinds County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), Lovett Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Sumner Hill Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Lovett Elementary School.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lovett Elementary School has decreased 10%, going from 415 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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