Enrollment
151
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 280279000537
Luther Branson Elementary
3903 HIGHWAY 16 E, CANTON, MS 39046 · (601) 859-2743 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL151 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
144 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
75.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
74.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.8% | 74.2% |
| 2023-24 | 69.1% | 81.8% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+34.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 34 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 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 Luther Branson Elementary
Luther Branson Elementary's state test result (80.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Branson Elementary this school | 151 | 95.4% | 80.9% |
| Meridian PreK Academy Meridian | 142 | 97.9% | 29.5% |
| Instant Impact Global Prep Natchez | 160 | 98.1% | N/A |
| Linwood School VAUGHAN | 178 | 98.3% | 37.6% |
| Jonestown Elementary JONESTOWN | 135 | 98.5% | 41.2% |
| Casper E Hall Duncan | 194 | 98.5% | 56.6% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary 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 Luther Branson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #20 of 428 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #56 of 439 ▼ 31 | #6 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #22 of 439 ▲ 51 | #6 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 151 | #431 of 453 | #14 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #204 of 444 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.4% | #17 of 296 | #1 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
151
-20 (-12%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 7.4:1
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 | 151 | 18.9 | 8.0:1 | 95% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 143 | 21.6 | 6.6:1 | 94% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 158 | 21.6 | 7.3:1 | 98% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 171 | 23 | 7.4:1 | 98% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 19.2 | 12.8:1 | 93% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 239 | 17 | 14.1:1 | 96% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 95% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 31% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luther Branson Elementary.
About Luther Branson Elementary
At 3903 HIGHWAY 16 E in CANTON, Mississippi, Luther Branson Elementary operates as a small elementary school. The school reports 151 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446 students.
Madison County Schools has 12,926 students spread across 21 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Luther Branson Elementary is 93% Black. Other groups make up 4% White and 3% Hispanic. Madison County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 14% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Luther Branson Elementary total 18.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.0:1. That is 7.8 students per teacher below the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 95%. The 52% average for public schools in Madison County is 43 points lower.
allk12 grades Luther Branson Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Luther Branson Elementary is in the top 10% of Mississippi schools: 80.9% actual against 46.4% predicted.
Among Madison County residents, the median household income is $83,441, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Luther Branson Elementary, Madison County has 33 other public schools.
Shirley D. Simmons Middle School is located about 3.0 miles from Luther Branson Elementary. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 80.9% is above the 51.3% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Luther Branson Elementary as Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 20 fewer students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Luther Branson Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,647
Census ACS
Median income
$83,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
16,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County Schools
- Germantown High SchoolHigh · 1,411 students
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 1,260 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,180 students
- Germantown MiddleMiddle · 1,008 students
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Madison Station ElementaryElementary · 980 students
Other schools in CANTON
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 899 students
- Madison Crossing ElementaryElementary · 761 students
- Canton Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- McNeal Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Reuben B. Myers Arts & SciencesElementary · 378 students
- Jimmie M Goodloe ElementaryElementary · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Shirley D. Simmons Middle School3.0 mi · 124
- Camden Elementary4.8 mi · 99
- Velma Jackson High School8.1 mi · 224
- Canton High School10.5 mi · 899
- CANTON PUBLIC 9TH GRADE SCHOOL10.5 mi · 262
- Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary10.8 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Luther Branson ElementaryHow many students attend Luther Branson Elementary?
Luther Branson Elementary enrolls approximately 151 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Luther Branson Elementary serve?
Luther Branson Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Luther Branson Elementary?
Approximately 8.0:1 students per teacher at Luther Branson Elementary.
How diverse is Luther Branson Elementary?
Luther Branson Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 3% Hispanic, 93% Black.
Is Luther Branson Elementary public or private?
Luther Branson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.