Mendenhall Elementary School

Mendenhall Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary campus in Mendenhall, Mississippi, one of the schools within Simpson County School District, educates 598 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 34% larger than the state mean of about 446.

Simpson County School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,797 students. Mendenhall Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Mendenhall Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 46% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the resource side, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 87% of students at Mendenhall Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mendenhall Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the area at large, Simpson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,381 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Mendenhall Elementary School is one of 9 public schools in Simpson County (combined enrollment of about 3,023 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mendenhall High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mendenhall Elementary School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Mendenhall Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 557 (now 598). The White share of enrollment declined from 51% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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