MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a rural-scale elementary school in JACKSON, Mississippi, MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 176 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 61% below typical.

JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 2,895 students; MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Hinds County's rate of about 88%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hinds County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,402 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Hinds County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oak Forest Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 57% since 2018, when it stood at 406 (now 176). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 100% to 95%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2024.

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