Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280246001610
Nora Davis Elementary
1305 Martin Luther King Ave, Laurel, MS 39440 · (601) 438-3140 · Jones County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
519 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 161 | 31% |
| Grade 3 | 197 | 38% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 31% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Laurel School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.7%
MS avg 45.9% . -11.8pp since 2023
Math
27.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 7 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.7% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 21.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Nora Davis Elementary
Nora Davis Elementary's state test result (22.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nora Davis Elementary this school | 519 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Spann Elementary School Jackson | 433 | 100.0% | 46.2% |
| Bates Elementary School Jackson | 482 | 99.4% | 23.7% |
| Pecan Park Elementary School Jackson | 510 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| Crystal Springs Elementary Crystal Springs | 482 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
| Oak Park Elementary School LAUREL | 405 | 100.0% | 19.0% |
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 Nora Davis Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jones County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #423 of 428 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #384 of 439 ▲ 19 | #8 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #436 of 439 ▼ 22 | #9 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #136 of 453 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #175 of 408 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #275 of 409 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #109 of 444 | #3 of 9 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 519 | 35.5 | 14.6:1 | 100% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 34.2 | 14.8:1 | 100% (506) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nora Davis Elementary.
About Nora Davis Elementary
Nora Davis Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Laurel, Mississippi. In all, 519 students attend the school in grades 2 through 4.
Laurel School District counts 6 schools and 2,620 students, including Nora Davis Elementary.
The share of Black students at Nora Davis Elementary is 82%. Enrollment also includes 15% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 53 points above the 29% share among Jones County residents. The diversity index for Nora Davis Elementary is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Nora Davis Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1, with 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Jones County, the average is 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, Nora Davis Elementary lands at F, ahead of 1% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Nora Davis Elementary is 21.2 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
The school is in Jones County, where median household income comes to about $52,216, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Jones County's 20 public schools enroll about 11,313 students and include Nora Davis Elementary.
Laurel Magnet School Of The Arts is about 0.7 miles from Nora Davis Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Nora Davis Elementary is 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
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Jones County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,472
Census ACS
Median income
$52,216
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
11,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laurel School District
- Laurel High SchoolHigh · 732 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Laurel Middle SchoolMiddle · 388 students
- Laurel Magnet School Of The ArtsElementary · 323 students
- Laurel Upper ElementaryMiddle · 253 students
- LAUREL EDUCATION CENTERCombined
Other schools in Laurel
- West Jones High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- West Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,114 students
- Northeast Jones High SchoolHigh · 938 students
- North Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 854 students
- East Jones ElementaryElementary · 794 students
- Laurel High SchoolHigh · 732 students
Nearby schools
- Laurel Magnet School Of The Arts0.7 mi · 323
- Laurel High School1.2 mi · 732
- Laurel Upper Elementary2.4 mi · 253
- Laurel Middle School2.5 mi · 388
- Oak Park Elementary School2.5 mi · 405
- Glade Elementary3.6 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Nora Davis ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Nora Davis Elementary?
Nora Davis Elementary enrolls approximately 519 students in grades 02-04.
What age range does Nora Davis Elementary serve?
Nora Davis Elementary serves students from grade 02 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Nora Davis Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Nora Davis Elementary.
How diverse is Nora Davis Elementary?
Nora Davis Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 15% Hispanic, 82% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Nora Davis Elementary?
Nora Davis Elementary is overseen by Laurel School District in Jones County.
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