Nailor Elementary School

Nailor Elementary School operates as a cozy primary school in CLEVELAND, Mississippi, one of the schools within Cleveland School District. Current enrollment sits at 256 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

Across the 8 schools in Cleveland School District (2,793 students total), Nailor Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Nailor Elementary School shows that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Bolivar County as a whole is about 63% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Nailor Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, census data for Bolivar County shows median household earnings sit near $39,585, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 27%. Nailor Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Bolivar County (combined enrollment of about 4,415 students).

Cleveland Central Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nailor Elementary School has ticked down 21%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 256 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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