Enrollment
256
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280075000083
Nailor Elementary School
600 CROSS STREET, CLEVELAND, MS 38732 · (662) 843-4528 · Bolivar County
GRADES PK–02ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% 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.
- DBeats 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
18.8:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
256 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 34% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 33% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 27% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Nailor Elementary School→D.M. Smith Elementary→Cleveland Central Middle School→Cleveland Central High School
Based on grade levels within Cleveland School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
19.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 27.6% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Nailor Elementary School
Nailor Elementary School's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nailor Elementary School this school | 256 | 100.0% | 29.8% |
| Webb Elementary School Greenville | 230 | 100.0% | 35.2% |
| Isable Elementary School Jackson | 244 | 100.0% | 28.5% |
| Ruleville Central Elementary RULEVILLE | 271 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
| R.H. Bearden Elementary SUMNER | 251 | 98.8% | 33.3% |
| Barack Obama Elementary School Jackson | 242 | 100.0% | 85.8% |
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 Nailor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Bolivar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #397 of 428 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #289 of 439 ▲ 90 | #6 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #430 of 439 ▼ 33 | #10 of 10 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #361 of 453 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #387 of 408 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #382 of 409 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #20 of 444 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #100 of 296 | #7 of 10 |
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
256
+14 (+6%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 256 | 13.6 | 18.8:1 | 100% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 21.1 | 11.9:1 | 100% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 237 | 18.6 | 12.8:1 | 100% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 13 | 18.6:1 | 100% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 19.5 | 16.6:1 | 100% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 16 | 23.5:1 | 100% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 15 | 20.7:1 | 98% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 72% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 26 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nailor Elementary School.
About Nailor Elementary School
Nailor Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in CLEVELAND, Mississippi. In all, 256 students attend the school in pre-K through 2. That puts enrollment 43% below the 446-student average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
The Cleveland School District system has 8 schools and 2,793 students.
The share of students at Nailor Elementary School who are Black is 96%. By comparison, Bolivar County residents are about 63% Black. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Nailor Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Nailor Elementary School, there are about 18.8 students; the school has 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi, 15.9:1, is lower. There are 256 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Bolivar County.
Nailor Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Nailor Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.8% is 14.4 points below the 44.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Bolivar County show that the median household earns about $39,585 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 27%. Across Bolivar County, 19 public schools serve about 4,415 students.
Cleveland Central Middle School is the nearest public school to Nailor Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 29.8% is below the 43.2% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 6%, from 242 to 256.
On allk12, people connected to Nailor Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Bolivar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,534
Census ACS
Median income
$39,585
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
27%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
4,415 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cleveland School District
- Cleveland Central High SchoolHigh · 799 students
- Cleveland Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Bell AcademyElementary · 327 students
- Hayes Cooper CenterElementary · 304 students
- Parks Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- D.M. Smith ElementaryElementary · 233 students
Other schools in CLEVELAND
- Cleveland Central High SchoolHigh · 799 students
- Cleveland Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Parks Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- D.M. Smith ElementaryElementary · 233 students
- Pearman Elementary SchoolElementary · 186 students
- ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
Nearby schools
- Cleveland Central Middle School0.3 mi · 423
- D.M. Smith Elementary0.5 mi · 233
- Cleveland Central High School0.9 mi · 799
- Pearman Elementary School1.2 mi · 186
- Parks Elementary School1.3 mi · 265
- Bell Academy2.3 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Nailor Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nailor Elementary School?
Nailor Elementary School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades PK-02.
Is Nailor Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nailor Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-02.
How many teachers does Nailor Elementary School have?
Nailor Elementary School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Nailor Elementary School?
Student demographics at Nailor Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Nailor Elementary School in?
Nailor Elementary School is part of Cleveland School District.
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