McWillie Elementary School

McWillie Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Jackson, Mississippi, run under Jackson Public Schools. The school serves 414 students in grades pre-K through 5.

McWillie Elementary School is one of 35 schools operated by Jackson Public Schools, a district that works with 16,870 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, McWillie Elementary School records that Black students make up the majority at 72%; the rest looks like 23% White, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hinds County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hinds County (around 88%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McWillie Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.1%; McWillie Elementary School posts 78.8%, +34.7 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Hinds County shows median household earnings sit near $49,402, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Hinds County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), of which McWillie Elementary School is one.

Midtown Public Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McWillie Elementary School.

McWillie Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. McWillie Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 414). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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