Loyd Star Attendance Center

Set in BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi, Loyd Star Attendance Center is a moderately sized multi-level school, run under Lincoln County School District. It enrolls 741 students across grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 527 students per school, that is 41% bigger than typical.

Loyd Star Attendance Center is one of 4 schools operated by Lincoln County School District, a district that serves 2,791 students overall.

On demographics, Loyd Star Attendance Center logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 19% Black, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Loyd Star Attendance Center has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.8:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Loyd Star Attendance Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 57.3%, a residual of -5.1 points.

Across the wider county, Lincoln County reports that the typical household earns roughly $51,119 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lincoln County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,327 students), of which Loyd Star Attendance Center is one.

The closest other public school is Lipsey Middle School, roughly 6.5 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Loyd Star Attendance Center ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Loyd Star Attendance Center's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 813 (now 741). The White share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 78% over that span.

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