Enrollment
282
Combined
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COVINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280129000181
Mt. Olive Attendance Center
301 South 4th Street, Mount Olive, MS 39119 · (601) 797-3939 · Covington County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 11.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
279 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 8 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 43% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
45.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.7% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 37.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Mt. Olive Attendance Center
Mt. Olive Attendance Center's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Olive Attendance Center this school | 282 | 98.9% | 46.4% |
| Taylorsville Attendance Center TAYLORSVILLE | 572 | 88.6% | 42.7% |
| Scott Central Attendance Center FOREST | 856 | 99.6% | 53.9% |
| Blue Mountain High School Blue Mountain | 295 | 92.2% | 67.8% |
| Wesson Attendance Center Wesson | 833 | 100.0% | 70.1% |
| Harrison County Child Development Center Gulfport | 77 | 83.1% | N/A |
Matched among Mississippi K-12 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 Mt. Olive Attendance Center ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #27 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #29 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #28 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #29 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.1:1 | #1 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #6 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #5 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.6% | #1 of 20 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
282
-83 (-23%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 282 | 34.7 | 8.1:1 | 99% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 33.4 | 9.8:1 | 100% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 36 | 9.2:1 | 100% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 99% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 28.5 | 15.9:1 | 88% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 91% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 84% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 76% (399) |
| 1990-91 | 672 | 40 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Olive Attendance Center.
About Mt. Olive Attendance Center
Mt. Olive Attendance Center is a small school serving multiple grade levels in Covington County School District, located in Mount Olive, Mississippi. Enrollment stands at 282 students, covering kindergarten through 12. That is 46% below the average of about 527 students for combined schools in Mississippi.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in Covington County School District totals 2,492 students.
At Mt. Olive Attendance Center, 62% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 28% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Covington County is roughly 35% Black. The diversity index for Mt. Olive Attendance Center is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Mt. Olive Attendance Center has 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 8.1:1. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Mississippi is 11.8:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at Mt. Olive Attendance Center. The figure for public schools in Covington County is close, at 99%.
In Mississippi, Mt. Olive Attendance Center is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.4% actual against a predicted 44.6%.
Covington County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $45,051, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Covington County's 10 public schools enroll about 2,492 students and include Mt. Olive Attendance Center.
Mt. Olive Attendance Center's closest public school neighbor is Magee High School, about 8.9 miles away. The ten-mile area around Mt. Olive Attendance Center holds 4 other public schools. Local comparison: Mt. Olive Attendance Center ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 46.4% versus a 46.0% average.
The NCES locale for Mt. Olive Attendance Center is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 23%, from 365 to 282. Students per teacher dropped from 10.7 in 2020-21 to 8.1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Mt. Olive Attendance Center. You can also rate the school on this page.
Covington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,148
Census ACS
Median income
$45,051
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Covington County School District
- Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Seminary ElementaryElementary · 420 students
- Seminary HighHigh · 382 students
- Collins High SchoolHigh · 373 students
- Seminary MiddleMiddle · 365 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Nearby schools
- Magee High School8.9 mi · 380
- Magee Middle School8.9 mi · 260
- Mize Attendance Center9.4 mi · 831
- Magee Elementary School9.9 mi · 525
- Collins Elementary School10.2 mi · 474
- Collins High School10.7 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Olive Attendance CenterHow large is Mt. Olive Attendance Center?
Mt. Olive Attendance Center enrolls approximately 282 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Mt. Olive Attendance Center serve?
Mt. Olive Attendance Center serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Mt. Olive Attendance Center?
Approximately 8.1:1 students per teacher at Mt. Olive Attendance Center.
How diverse is Mt. Olive Attendance Center?
Mt. Olive Attendance Center reports a student body of 28% White, 1% Hispanic, 62% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt. Olive Attendance Center?
Mt. Olive Attendance Center is overseen by Covington County School District in Covington County.
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