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Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383001271
Oakdale Elementary
171 Oakdale Road, Brandon, MS 39047 · (601) 992-5442 · Rankin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
210 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.2%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
83.7%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.2% | 83.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 80.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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%.
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 Oakdale Elementary
Oakdale Elementary's state test result (80.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale Elementary this school | 566 | 37.1% | 80.3% |
| Brandon Elementary Brandon | 743 | 40.6% | 75.8% |
| Rouse Elementary Brandon | 798 | 40.7% | 58.9% |
| Madison Crossing Elementary Canton | 761 | 42.7% | 69.5% |
| StoneBridge Elementary Brandon | 742 | 42.3% | 55.4% |
| Northshore Elementary Brandon | 539 | 29.3% | 86.9% |
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 Oakdale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #22 of 428 | #4 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #12 of 439 ▲ 18 | #2 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #40 of 439 ▲ 14 | #6 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #110 of 453 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #193 of 408 | #11 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #110 of 409 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #429 of 444 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #208 of 296 | #12 of 16 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
566
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 566 | 38.1 | 14.8:1 | 37% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 41.1 | 13.2:1 | 34% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 39.2 | 13.6:1 | 99% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 99% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 33.1 | 18.8:1 | 31% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 31% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 29% (147) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakdale Elementary.
About Oakdale Elementary
Oakdale Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Brandon, Mississippi. The school has 566 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Mississippi have about 446 students on average; enrollment here is 27% higher.
Rankin County School District is made up of 27 schools with 18,196 students in all.
The share of White students at Oakdale Elementary is 57%, a majority. The school is also 32% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is lower than the 71% White share among all Rankin County residents. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Oakdale Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 37% of students at Oakdale Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 50% for public schools in Rankin County.
Oakdale Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 80.3% and a predicted 75.8%.
For the population of Rankin County, median household income comes to about $79,357, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rankin County counts 34 public schools with about 22,454 students.
The closest school to Oakdale Elementary is Highland Bluff Elementary, located about 1.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. On proficiency, Oakdale Elementary is ahead of the 72.8% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 584 to 566. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.7:1 in 2020-21, and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Rankin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,854
Census ACS
Median income
$79,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rankin County School District
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
Other schools in Brandon
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- StoneBridge ElementaryElementary · 742 students
- Pisgah ElementaryElementary · 556 students
Other Oakdale Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 12 states are named Oakdale Elementary. Oakdale Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 14.
- Oakdale ElementaryIjamsville, MD · 1,167 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 710 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolOakdale, LA · 516 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 505 students
- Oakdale ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 497 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Bluff Elementary1.5 mi · 491
- Northwest High School1.8 mi · 1,855
- Northshore Elementary2.0 mi · 539
- Northwest Middle School2.3 mi · 1,352
- Northwest Elementary2.5 mi · 477
- Flowood Elementary6.0 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Oakdale ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oakdale Elementary?
Oakdale Elementary enrolls approximately 566 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oakdale Elementary serve?
Oakdale Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oakdale Elementary?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Oakdale Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oakdale Elementary?
At Oakdale Elementary, the student body is approximately 57% White, 4% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Oakdale Elementary public or private?
Oakdale Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rankin County School District.
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