Mamie Martin Elementary

Located at 420 VIVIAN MERRITT STREET, in BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi, Mamie Martin Elementary is an average-sized elementary school that serves 622 students (grades pre-K through 2), overseen by Brookhaven School District. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Mamie Martin Elementary sits 39% larger than that benchmark.

Within Brookhaven School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,432 students, Mamie Martin Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Mamie Martin Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, Mamie Martin Elementary reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lincoln County (around 71%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Mamie Martin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.2%; this one delivers 57.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Lincoln County reports that median household earnings sit near $51,119, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Lincoln County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,327 students), of which Mamie Martin Elementary is one.

Lipsey Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mamie Martin Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.1%.

Mamie Martin Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Mamie Martin Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 764 (now 622). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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