Madison County Preschool

As a very small elementary-level community in Ridgeland, Mississippi, Madison County Preschool enrolls 47 students from grade pre-K, one of the schools within Madison County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 89% leaner than typical.

Within Madison County Schools, which oversees 21 schools and 12,926 students, Madison County Preschool is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Madison County Preschool shows that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 34% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Madison County's rate of about 52%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household earnings sit near $83,441, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Madison County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,432 students), Madison County Preschool is one campus in the mix.

Highland Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Madison County Preschool.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison County Preschool has edged down 37%, going from 75 students in 2018 to 47 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 19% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 5.9:1 in 2018 to 4.5:1 today.

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