North Pike Upper Elementary School
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 138 | 44% |
| Grade 6 | 179 | 56% |
School pathway
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedWhat this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.7% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 51.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
Schools most like North Pike Upper Elementary School
North Pike Upper Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Pike Upper Elementary School this school | 317 | 71.6% | 53.2% |
| North Pike Junior High Summit | 350 | 69.1% | 44.6% |
| Amory Middle School Amory | 348 | 70.1% | 61.5% |
| Jefferson Middle School Columbia | 329 | 72.0% | 48.6% |
| Southeast Middle School Meridian | 371 | 71.2% | 65.0% |
| Senatobia Middle School Senatobia | 407 | 65.4% | 45.3% |
Where North Pike Upper Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Pike County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #71 of 176 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #94 of 181 ▲ 3 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #54 of 181 ▼ 8 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #122 of 186 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #77 of 163 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #50 of 164 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #118 of 184 | #5 of 6 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 317 | 24.1 | 13.1:1 | 72% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 100% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 23.2 | 16.8:1 | 100% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 99% (330) |
About North Pike Upper Elementary School
As a small middle school, North Pike Upper Elementary School serves students in Summit, Mississippi. In all, 317 students attend the school in grades 5 through 6. That puts enrollment 30% below the 452-student average for middle schools in Mississippi.
North Pike Upper Elementary School is one of the 4 schools that make up North Pike Schools (2,135 students in total).
Of every 100 students at North Pike Upper Elementary School, about 49 are White, the largest group. The school is also 44% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
There are 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at North Pike Upper Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.1:1. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. By family income, 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 91% average for public schools in Pike County.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, North Pike Upper Elementary School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at North Pike Upper Elementary School are 5.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (53.2% actual, 58.4% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Pike County show that median household income comes to about $43,814, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The county's public schools total 20, with about 5,717 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, North Pike Elementary School, is about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, North Pike Upper Elementary School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, North Pike Upper Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 333 to 317. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.6:1 to 13.1:1.
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