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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MC LAURIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATCHEZ-ADAMS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280303000600
McLaurin Elementary
170 SEARGENT S PRENTISS DRIVE, NATCHEZ, MS 39120 · (601) 445-2953 · Adams County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
642 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 3% |
| Grade 2 | 170 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 236 | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 207 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
McLaurin Elementary→Morgantown Elementary
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Natchez-Adams School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.7%
MS avg 45.9% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
42.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.7% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 39.8% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 McLaurin Elementary
McLaurin Elementary's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLaurin Elementary this school | 642 | 100.0% | 44.7% |
| Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School Clarksdale | 652 | 98.2% | 34.5% |
| Ambition Preparatory Charter School Jackson | 563 | 100.0% | 41.7% |
| O'Bannon Elementary School Greenville | 543 | 99.4% | 50.5% |
| A. W. Watson Elementary PORT GIBSON | 531 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| Smilow Collegiate Jackson | 547 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
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 McLaurin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #309 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #282 of 439 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #337 of 439 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #79 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #215 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #330 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #89 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #289 of 296 |
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
642
+95 (+17%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 1,131
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 642 | 42.5 | 15.1:1 | 100% (642) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 49.8 | 11.2:1 | 100% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 47.9 | 12.3:1 | 100% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 43 | 12.7:1 | 100% (547) |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 43.5 | 14.9:1 | 100% (650) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 42 | 17.0:1 | 100% (713) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 97% (614) |
| 2000-01 | 875 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 88% (766) |
| 1990-91 | 1,131 | 61 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McLaurin Elementary.
About McLaurin Elementary
McLaurin Elementary sits in NATCHEZ, Mississippi, and is classified as an elementary school. Classes run from 2 through 4, and the school has 642 students. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446 students, so this school is 44% above average.
Natchez-Adams School District runs 6 schools with a combined 2,554 students. McLaurin Elementary is one of them.
McLaurin Elementary enrolls a student body that is 88% Black. The school is also 7% White and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 56% Black share among all Adams County residents. By the diversity index, McLaurin Elementary comes in at 22%.
Its 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.1:1. That ratio is under the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. That is close to the 100% average for public schools in Adams County.
allk12 grades McLaurin Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, McLaurin Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.7% actual, 44.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Mississippi.
Adams County has these Census figures: median household income is about $43,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 20%. The public schools of Adams County number 9 and enroll about 2,714.
The next-closest public school is Natchez Middle, about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of McLaurin Elementary. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, McLaurin Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around McLaurin Elementary as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 17%, from 547 to 642. The school's ratio rose from 12.7:1 to 15.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,803
Census ACS
Median income
$43,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natchez-Adams School District
- Natchez High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Natchez MiddleMiddle · 397 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Morgantown ElementaryMiddle · 359 students
- Natchez Early College @ Co-LinHigh · 174 students
- CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERHigh
Other schools in NATCHEZ
- Natchez High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Natchez MiddleMiddle · 397 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Morgantown ElementaryMiddle · 359 students
- Natchez Early College @ Co-LinHigh · 174 students
- Instant Impact Global PrepElementary · 160 students
Other McLaurin Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named McLaurin Elementary. McLaurin Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- McLaurin ElementaryFlorence, MS · 504 students
- McLaurin ElementaryFlorence, SC · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Natchez Middle0.9 mi · 397
- Natchez High School1.0 mi · 606
- West Elementary School2.0 mi · 376
- Instant Impact Global Prep2.1 mi · 160
- Natchez Early College @ Co-Lin2.5 mi · 174
- Morgantown Elementary2.7 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About McLaurin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at McLaurin Elementary?
McLaurin Elementary enrolls approximately 642 students in grades 02-04.
Is McLaurin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
McLaurin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 02-04.
How many students per teacher at McLaurin Elementary?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at McLaurin Elementary.
How diverse is McLaurin Elementary?
McLaurin Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 1% Hispanic, 88% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees McLaurin Elementary?
McLaurin Elementary is overseen by Natchez-Adams School District in Adams County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.