Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280285000552
Mary Reid School
160 PONTOTOC AVENUE, POTTS CAMP, MS 38659 · (662) 333-7774 · Marshall County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
267 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (60).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
42.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 43 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 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 59.3% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Mary Reid School
Mary Reid School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Reid School this school | 270 | 98.9% | 49.2% |
| Bowmar Avenue VICKSBURG | 324 | 100.0% | 61.1% |
| Lake Elementary School Lake | 333 | 99.1% | 67.1% |
| Hayes Cooper Center MERIGOLD | 304 | 100.0% | 66.2% |
| Riverside Elementary School Avon | 402 | 99.3% | 44.3% |
| Bovina Elementary VICKSBURG | 340 | 100.0% | 83.8% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary 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 Mary Reid School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #270 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #210 of 439 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #270 of 439 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #344 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #236 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #92 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #169 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.9% | #13 of 90 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
270
+74 (+38%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 178
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 270 | 17.6 | 15.4:1 | 99% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 20.1 | 12.3:1 | 100% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 20.1 | 11.7:1 | 100% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 196 | 15 | 13.1:1 | 98% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 218 | 15.2 | 14.4:1 | 86% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 15 | 17.9:1 | 89% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 17 | 17.4:1 | 61% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 236 | 13 | 18.1:1 | 84% (199) |
| 1990-91 | 178 | 7 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Reid School.
About Mary Reid School
Mary Reid School is an elementary school in POTTS CAMP, Mississippi, according to federal school records. It educates 270 students in kindergarten through 4. The school's enrollment is 39% smaller than the 446 average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Enrollment across the 8 schools in Marshall County School District totals 2,769 students.
Mary Reid School is 56% White by enrollment. Other students are 30% Black, 9% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Marshall County residents are about 47% White. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 17.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Mississippi average 15.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. That tracks the 97% average for public schools in Marshall County.
Measured against Mississippi public elementary schools, Mary Reid School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.7% for Mary Reid School. The school posts 49.2%, 4.5 points above the prediction.
Within Marshall County, the median household income is $53,458, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. In all, Marshall County has 15 public schools and roughly 3,762 students.
Potts Camp High School is the public school closest to Mary Reid School, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2. Mary Reid School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Mary Reid School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 270 students in 2024-25, 74 more than the 196 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Mary Reid School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,979
Census ACS
Median income
$53,458
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,762 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marshall County School District
- Byhalia Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Byhalia Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Byhalia High SchoolHigh · 428 students
- H. W. Byers High SchoolHigh · 362 students
- Potts Camp High SchoolHigh · 356 students
- H. W. Byers ElementaryElementary · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Potts Camp High School0.6 mi · 356
- Hickory Flat Att Center7.0 mi · 435
- Holly Springs Intermediate School10.7 mi · 228
- Holly Springs Primary School10.8 mi · 332
- Holly Springs Junior High School11.2 mi · 145
- Holly Springs High School11.3 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Reid SchoolHow large is Mary Reid School?
Mary Reid School enrolls approximately 270 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Mary Reid School serve?
Mary Reid School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mary Reid School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mary Reid School is approximately 15.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mary Reid School?
Student demographics at Mary Reid School are roughly 56% White, 5% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary Reid School?
Mary Reid School is overseen by Marshall County School District in Marshall County.
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