Moorhead Central School

Moorhead Central School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Moorhead, Mississippi, one of the schools in Sunflower County Consolidated School District. It enrolls 245 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 45% below the 446-student average for elementary schools in Mississippi.

Sunflower County Consolidated School District has 2,807 students in 11 schools, and Moorhead Central School is one of those schools.

Black students account for 93% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic. Sunflower County's residents are about 73% Black, 20 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at Moorhead Central School are from different groups.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The school has 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.4:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for elementary schools in Mississippi. Federal data show 100% of students (245) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Sunflower County.

Among Mississippi public elementary schools, Moorhead Central School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.

Moorhead Central School is 10.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.3% versus 44.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.

American Community Survey estimates for Sunflower County show that median household income comes to about $39,956, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 22%. Across Sunflower County, 13 public schools serve about 2,807 students.

About 0.8 miles separate Moorhead Central School from the closest public school, Rosser Early Learning Center. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Moorhead Central School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.3% against a local average of 43.8%.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 35 students, from 210 to 245. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.4:1.

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