MS School For The Deaf

Located at 1253 Eastover Drive, in Jackson, Mississippi, MS School For The Deaf is an one-room-style multi-level school that works with 67 students (grades K through 12), one of the schools within MS Schools For The Blind And Deaf. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 527 students each, so MS School For The Deaf sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

MS Schools For The Blind And Deaf runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 109 students. MS School For The Deaf is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MS School For The Deaf reports that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 21% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Native American.

On the resource side, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.8:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hinds County (around 88%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, Hinds County reports that the typical household earns roughly $49,402 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Hinds County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), of which MS School For The Deaf is one.

MS School For The Blind is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

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