Nettleton Elementary School

Nettleton Elementary School is one of the small elementary campuss in Nettleton, Mississippi, operated by Nettleton School District, with 215 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 52% leaner than the state mean of about 446.

Across the 4 schools in Nettleton School District (994 students total), Nettleton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Nettleton Elementary School shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Black, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lee County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at Nettleton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Lee County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nettleton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.0%; this one delivers 52.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lee County) logs that median household income runs about $67,863, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,808 students), of which Nettleton Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Nettleton Junior High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 296 students in 2018 compared to 215 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 68% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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