Mooreville Elementary School

Located at 967 C.R. 1409, in MOOREVILLE, Mississippi, Mooreville Elementary School is a big elementary campus that instructs 722 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Lee County. That puts it 62% bigger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

Lee County runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,343 students. Mooreville Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mooreville Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% Black, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mooreville Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.0%; this one delivers 74.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lee County put median household income runs about $67,863, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Mooreville Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 14,808 students).

The closest other public school is Mooreville Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mooreville Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 740 students in 2018 to 722 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 89% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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