Luther Branson Elementary

Located at 3903 HIGHWAY 16 E, in CANTON, Mississippi, Luther Branson Elementary is a rural-scale elementary campus that teaches 151 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Madison County Schools. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Luther Branson Elementary sits 66% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 21 schools in Madison County Schools (12,926 students total), Luther Branson Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Luther Branson Elementary reports that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 4% White, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at Luther Branson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household earnings sit near $83,441, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Madison County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,432 students), of which Luther Branson Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Shirley D. Simmons Middle School, roughly 3.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Luther Branson Elementary's enrollment has fell 38% since 2018, when it stood at 245 (now 151). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 97% to 93% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.