Olive Branch Intermediate School

Olive Branch Intermediate School is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Olive Branch, Mississippi, operated by DeSoto County School District, serveing 472 students in grades 4 through 5.

DeSoto County School District runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 34,934 students. Olive Branch Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Olive Branch Intermediate School records that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, DeSoto County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 63% of students at Olive Branch Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than DeSoto County's rate of about 49%.

In the broader community, DeSoto County reports that median household earnings sit near $85,297, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across DeSoto County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,934 students), Olive Branch Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Olive Branch Middle School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Olive Branch Intermediate School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 44% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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