O'Bannon Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in Greenville, Mississippi, O'Bannon Elementary School enrolls 543 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under Western Line Schools. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so O'Bannon Elementary School sits 22% above that benchmark.

O'Bannon Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Western Line Schools, a district that works with 1,739 students overall.

On the student-mix side, O'Bannon Elementary School reports that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 4% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 72% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, O'Bannon Elementary School shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting O'Bannon Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Washington County) reports that median household income runs about $42,165, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Across Washington County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,329 students), O'Bannon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is O'Bannon High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around O'Bannon Elementary School.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 538 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 8% to 4% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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