Northwest Elementary

Northwest Elementary, a moderately sized primary school in Flowood, Mississippi, operated by Rankin County School District, serves 477 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 27 schools in Rankin County School District (18,196 students total), Northwest Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Northwest Elementary lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 33% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 37% of students at Northwest Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Rankin County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northwest Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.8%; this one delivers 75.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Rankin County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,357 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Rankin County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,454 students), of which Northwest Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Northwest Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwest Elementary has fell 19%, going from 588 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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