Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280219001242
McWillie Elementary School
4851 McWillie Circle, Jackson, MS 39206 · (601) 987-3709 · Hinds County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
414 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 216 | 52% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 83% larger than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
83.3%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
70.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.3% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 72.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+34.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 35 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 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 McWillie Elementary School
McWillie Elementary School's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McWillie Elementary School this school | 414 | 100.0% | 78.8% |
| Amite County Elementary Liberty | 486 | 100.0% | 59.6% |
| South Park Elementary VICKSBURG | 351 | 99.4% | 38.9% |
| Winona Elementary School Winona | 567 | 99.5% | 52.2% |
| Wayne Central School Waynesboro | 459 | 99.3% | 36.0% |
| Poplar Springs Elementary Meridian | 405 | 100.0% | 47.3% |
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 McWillie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #27 of 428 | #4 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #77 of 439 ▼ 14 | #5 of 38 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #8 of 439 ▲ 15 | #2 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #208 of 453 | #18 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #247 of 408 | #15 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #214 of 409 | #5 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #74 of 444 | #29 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #253 of 296 | #21 of 22 |
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
414
+110 (+36%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 414 | 26.5 | 15.6:1 | 100% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 27.5 | 14.8:1 | 100% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 30.7 | 12.6:1 | 100% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 100% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 21.4 | 20.2:1 | 100% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 100% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 719 | 29 | 24.8:1 | 73% (523) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McWillie Elementary School.
About McWillie Elementary School
McWillie Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Jackson, Mississippi, one of the schools in Jackson Public Schools. In all, 414 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Jackson Public Schools has 45 schools; together they serve 19,765 students.
About 72% of the student body at McWillie Elementary School is Black. Other groups include 23% White and 3% multiracial. Hinds County residents are about 72% Black, a similar share. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at McWillie Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 100%. Among public schools in Hinds County, the average eligibility rate is 88%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, McWillie Elementary School would score about 44.1%. It scores 78.8%, a top-10% result among Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Hinds County, where the median household earns about $49,402 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Across Hinds County, 84 public schools serve about 32,870 students.
Midtown Public Charter School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, McWillie Elementary School is 1st of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 304 (2020-21) to 414 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.6:1) than in 2020-21 (12.2:1).
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
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- Midtown Public Charter School0.2 mi · 420
- CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 483
- Smilow Collegiate0.7 mi · 547
- Smilow Prep0.7 mi · 521
- Spann Elementary School0.8 mi · 433
- Boyd Elementary School0.9 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About McWillie Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McWillie Elementary School?
McWillie Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-05.
Is McWillie Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McWillie Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does McWillie Elementary School have?
McWillie Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at McWillie Elementary School?
Student demographics at McWillie Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 2% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is McWillie Elementary School in?
McWillie Elementary School is part of Jackson Public Schools.
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