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How has MANTACHIE ATTENDANCE CENTER changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
926
Combined
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ITAWAMBA COUNTY·NCES 280210000361
Mantachie Attendance Center
311 MUSTANG DRIVE, MANTACHIE, MS 38855 · (662) 282-7536 · Itawamba County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL926 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
653 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 75 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 74 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (83).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
48.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
50.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 50.8% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 53.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 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 Mantachie Attendance Center
Mantachie Attendance Center's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantachie Attendance Center this school | 926 | 70.5% | 59.4% |
| Wheeler High School Booneville | 577 | 65.7% | 67.9% |
| Pine Grove High School Ripley | 573 | 73.1% | 69.4% |
| Enterprise Attendance Center BROOKHAVEN | 667 | 64.5% | 66.6% |
| Bogue Chitto School BOGUE CHITTO | 747 | 68.1% | 67.3% |
| Mize Attendance Center MIZE | 831 | 62.7% | 68.0% |
Matched among Mississippi K-12 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 Mantachie Attendance Center ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #20 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #25 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #21 of 30 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 926 | #1 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #15 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #30 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #14 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #9 of 20 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
926
-120 (-11%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 784
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 926 | 75.6 | 12.3:1 | 71% (653) |
| 2023-24 | 941 | 79.3 | 11.9:1 | 72% (677) |
| 2022-23 | 1,003 | 78.4 | 12.8:1 | 100% (1,000) |
| 2020-21 | 1,046 | 72 | 14.5:1 | 100% (1,043) |
| 2017-18 | 1,081 | 72.5 | 14.9:1 | 64% (692) |
| 2015-16 | 1,062 | 71 | 15.0:1 | 65% (691) |
| 2010-11 | 1,087 | 65 | 16.7:1 | 64% (698) |
| 2000-01 | 1,071 | 59 | 18.1:1 | 54% (573) |
| 1990-91 | 784 | 43 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mantachie Attendance Center.
About Mantachie Attendance Center
The public school serving multiple grade levels Mantachie Attendance Center is located in MANTACHIE, Mississippi. It teaches 926 students in kindergarten through 12. It has 76% more students than the average for combined schools in Mississippi (about 527).
Itawamba County has 6 schools and 3,275 students, and Mantachie Attendance Center is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Mantachie Attendance Center is 96% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
Classroom staffing at Mantachie Attendance Center totals 75.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. It is about the same as the 11.8:1 average for combined schools in Mississippi. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Mantachie Attendance Center is about 71%. Public schools in Itawamba County average a similar 69%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mantachie Attendance Center is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 59.4%. Predicted: 58.9%.
In the wider Itawamba County area, the median household earns about $55,546 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Itawamba County, 8 public schools serve about 3,275 students.
About 5.6 miles separate Mantachie Attendance Center from the closest public school, Dorsey Attendance Center. The ten-mile area around Mantachie Attendance Center holds 6 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mantachie Attendance Center at 6th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 926, compared with 1,046 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.3:1, from 14.5:1.
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Itawamba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,036
Census ACS
Median income
$55,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,275 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Itawamba County
- Itawamba Attendance CenterElementary · 1,129 students
- Itawamba Agricultural High SchoolHigh · 555 students
- Tremont Attendance CenterCombined · 312 students
- Dorsey Attendance CenterElementary · 233 students
- Fairview Attendance CenterElementary · 120 students
- ITAWAMBA CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- Dorsey Attendance Center5.6 mi · 233
- Mooreville High School6.4 mi · 445
- Mooreville Middle School6.4 mi · 333
- Mooreville Elementary School6.5 mi · 722
- Itawamba Attendance Center8.9 mi · 1,129
- Itawamba Agricultural High School9.1 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Mantachie Attendance CenterHow many students attend Mantachie Attendance Center?
Mantachie Attendance Center enrolls approximately 926 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Mantachie Attendance Center serve?
Mantachie Attendance Center serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many teachers does Mantachie Attendance Center have?
Mantachie Attendance Center employs 76 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Mantachie Attendance Center?
Student demographics at Mantachie Attendance Center are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Mantachie Attendance Center public or private?
Mantachie Attendance Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Itawamba County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.