Mclain Attendance Center

Mclain Attendance Center is one of the micro-enrollment elementary-level communitys in McLain, Mississippi, run under Greene County Schools, with 160 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 64% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

Within Greene County Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 1,621 students, Mclain Attendance Center is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mclain Attendance Center records that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 17% Black, 14% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Greene County put the typical household earns roughly $54,276 per year, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Greene County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,621 students), Mclain Attendance Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: South Perry Elementary School, around 6.7 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 199 students in 2018 compared to 160 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 39% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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