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Enrollment
741
Combined
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280264000515
Loyd Star Attendance Center
1880 HWY 550 NW, BROOKHAVEN, MS 39601 · (601) 833-3473 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 11.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
500 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 55 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 56 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 60 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
49.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 46.0% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Loyd Star Attendance Center
Loyd Star Attendance Center's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyd Star Attendance Center this school | 741 | 67.5% | 57.4% |
| Bogue Chitto School BOGUE CHITTO | 747 | 68.1% | 67.3% |
| Stringer Attendance Center STRINGER | 579 | 69.4% | 71.1% |
| Mize Attendance Center MIZE | 831 | 62.7% | 68.0% |
| Enterprise Attendance Center BROOKHAVEN | 667 | 64.5% | 66.6% |
| West Lincoln School BROOKHAVEN | 636 | 61.2% | 74.7% |
Matched among Mississippi K-12 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 Loyd Star Attendance Center ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #23 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #28 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #19 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #8 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #24 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #14 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #18 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #12 of 20 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
741
+30 (+4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 827
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 741 | 50.7 | 14.6:1 | 67% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 740 | 55.4 | 13.4:1 | 63% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 54.8 | 13.1:1 | 100% (717) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 50 | 14.2:1 | 100% (708) |
| 2017-18 | 813 | 52.1 | 15.6:1 | 53% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 845 | 51 | 16.6:1 | 56% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 861 | 53 | 16.3:1 | 54% (466) |
| 2000-01 | 997 | 56 | 17.8:1 | 54% (540) |
| 1990-91 | 827 | 40 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loyd Star Attendance Center.
About Loyd Star Attendance Center
Loyd Star Attendance Center is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a combined-grade school in BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi. The school counts 741 students across pre-K through 12. The school's enrollment is 41% bigger than the 527 average for combined schools in Mississippi.
Lincoln County School District oversees Loyd Star Attendance Center and 3 other schools, with 2,791 students in total.
At Loyd Star Attendance Center, White students make up 78% of the student body. It is also 19% Black and 2% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Lincoln County is roughly 68% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Loyd Star Attendance Center in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.6:1. That is higher than the 11.8:1 average for combined schools in Mississippi. The lunch program counts 67% of students at Loyd Star Attendance Center as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Loyd Star Attendance Center is 3.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (57.4% versus 60.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
Lincoln County has about 34,877 residents, and the median household income is $51,119, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. In all, Lincoln County has 12 public schools and roughly 5,327 students.
Of nearby public schools, Lipsey Middle School is the closest, at about 6.5 miles. Loyd Star Attendance Center has 7 other public schools within ten miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Loyd Star Attendance Center ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Loyd Star Attendance Center's enrollment climbed from 711 in 2020-21 to 741 in 2024-25.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,877
Census ACS
Median income
$51,119
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
5,327 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lincoln County School District
- Bogue Chitto SchoolCombined · 747 students
- Enterprise Attendance CenterCombined · 667 students
- West Lincoln SchoolCombined · 636 students
Other schools in BROOKHAVEN
- Brookhaven High SchoolHigh · 761 students
- Enterprise Attendance CenterCombined · 667 students
- West Lincoln SchoolCombined · 636 students
- Mamie Martin ElementaryElementary · 622 students
- Brookhaven Elementary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Lipsey Middle SchoolMiddle · 341 students
Nearby schools
- Lipsey Middle School6.5 mi · 341
- Mamie Martin Elementary6.9 mi · 622
- MS School Of The Arts7.2 mi · 104
- Brookhaven Elementary School7.3 mi · 368
- Brookhaven High School7.8 mi · 761
- Alexander Junior High8.3 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Loyd Star Attendance CenterHow many students attend Loyd Star Attendance Center?
Loyd Star Attendance Center enrolls approximately 741 students in grades PK-12.
Is Loyd Star Attendance Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Loyd Star Attendance Center is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Loyd Star Attendance Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Loyd Star Attendance Center is approximately 14.6:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Loyd Star Attendance Center?
At Loyd Star Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 78% White, 2% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Loyd Star Attendance Center?
Loyd Star Attendance Center is overseen by Lincoln County School District in Lincoln County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.