Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280249000481
Monticello Elementary
957 W McPherson Drive, Monticello, MS 39654 · (601) 587-7609 · Lawrence County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
303 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Monticello Elementary→Rod Paige Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lawrence County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -12.6pp since 2023
Math
22.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.4% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 24.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Monticello Elementary
Monticello Elementary's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello Elementary this school | 397 | 76.3% | 36.1% |
| Quitman Lower Elementary Quitman | 407 | 75.4% | 47.6% |
| Columbia Elementary School Columbia | 378 | 73.8% | 63.3% |
| East Tate Elementary COLDWATER | 473 | 78.4% | 52.3% |
| Quitman Upper Elementary School Quitman | 327 | 79.5% | 51.4% |
| Franklin Lower Elementary Meadville | 379 | 77.8% | 67.5% |
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 Monticello Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #371 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #405 of 439 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #368 of 439 ▼ 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #228 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #34 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #105 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #274 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #130 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
397
+54 (+16%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 397 | 32.1 | 12.3:1 | 76% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 35.8 | 11.1:1 | 87% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 28.3 | 11.8:1 | 99% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 99% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 26.7 | 17.9:1 | 83% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 29 | 18.2:1 | 85% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 75% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 60% (352) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 35 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monticello Elementary.
About Monticello Elementary
The public elementary school Monticello Elementary is located in Monticello, Mississippi. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 397 students.
Lawrence County School District counts 1,674 students in its 5 schools, and Monticello Elementary is one of them.
Enrollment at Monticello Elementary is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 48%. Other reported shares: 44% White, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 32% Black among all Lawrence County residents. By the diversity index, Monticello Elementary comes in at 58%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.3:1. Among elementary schools in Mississippi, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. That is close to the 78% average for public schools in Lawrence County.
The allk12 Grade for Monticello Elementary is D. Compared with Mississippi public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Monticello Elementary falls short of its prediction by 19.9 points. The model expects 56.0% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Mississippi; the school's rate is 36.1%.
Lawrence County has these Census figures: median household income is about $43,531, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 13% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The public schools of Lawrence County number 6 and enroll about 1,674.
The closest public school to Monticello Elementary is Lawrence County High School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Monticello Elementary comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 16%, from 343 to 397.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,786
Census ACS
Median income
$43,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence County School District
- Lawrence County High SchoolHigh · 529 students
- Topeka - Tilton SchoolElementary · 298 students
- New Hebron SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Rod Paige Middle SchoolMiddle · 191 students
- LAWRENCE CO TECH & CAREER CENTERHigh
Other schools in Monticello
- Lawrence County High SchoolHigh · 529 students
- Topeka - Tilton SchoolElementary · 298 students
- Rod Paige Middle SchoolMiddle · 191 students
- LAWRENCE CO TECH & CAREER CENTERHigh
Other Monticello Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Monticello Elementary. Monticello Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Monticello Elementary SchoolMonticello, KY · 664 students
- Monticello Elementary SchoolHuber Heights, OH · 567 students
- Monticello ElementaryTracy, CA · 483 students
- MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMONTICELLO, AR · 408 students
- Monticello ElementaryMonticello, WI · 131 students
Nearby schools
- Lawrence County High School0.4 mi · 529
- Rod Paige Middle School1.5 mi · 191
- Topeka - Tilton School9.4 mi · 298
- New Hebron School15.3 mi · 259
- Jeff Davis County Middle School15.4 mi · 262
- J. E. Johnson Elementary School15.7 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Monticello ElementaryHow many students attend Monticello Elementary?
Monticello Elementary enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Monticello Elementary serve?
Monticello Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Monticello Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Monticello Elementary.
How diverse is Monticello Elementary?
Monticello Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 4% Hispanic, 48% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Monticello Elementary?
Monticello Elementary is overseen by Lawrence County School District in Lawrence County.
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