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What's the biggest difference between OLIVE BRANCH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 681 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000932
Olive Branch Intermediate School
8631 E. Pigeon Roost, Olive Branch, MS 38654 · (662) 893-1221 · DeSoto County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
297 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 253 | 54% |
| Grade 5 | 219 | 46% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
53.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 49.2% | 45.2% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Olive Branch Intermediate School
Olive Branch Intermediate School's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Branch Intermediate School this school | 472 | 62.9% | 52.8% |
| Olive Branch Elementary School Olive Branch | 504 | 59.3% | 56.6% |
| Chickasaw Elementary School Olive Branch | 500 | 63.8% | 52.9% |
| Lake Cormorant Elementary LAKE CORMORANT | 635 | 65.8% | 63.0% |
| Pearl Upper School PEARL | 608 | 68.9% | 65.2% |
| Joyner Elementary School Tupelo | 444 | 71.8% | 55.9% |
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 Olive Branch Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #239 of 428 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #227 of 439 ▲ 36 | #15 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #179 of 439 ▲ 73 | #12 of 23 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #169 of 453 | #22 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #298 of 408 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #46 of 409 | #8 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #367 of 444 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #234 of 296 | #11 of 15 |
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
472
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 63% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 30.7 | 14.3:1 | 61% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 32.3 | 14.4:1 | 99% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 99% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 28.6 | 17.5:1 | 61% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 60% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 23 | 23.3:1 | 52% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 831 | 38 | 21.9:1 | 28% (233) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olive Branch Intermediate School.
About Olive Branch Intermediate School
Olive Branch Intermediate School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Olive Branch, Mississippi. The latest federal count shows 472 students in grades 4 through 5.
DeSoto County School District is made up of 39 schools with 34,934 students in all.
Black students form the largest group at Olive Branch Intermediate School, 46% of enrollment. Next come 36% White, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 33% Black among all DeSoto County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Olive Branch Intermediate School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.3:1, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Mississippi have a similar average ratio of 15.9:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 63% of enrollment. It compares with 49% for public schools in DeSoto County.
Measured against Mississippi public elementary schools, Olive Branch Intermediate School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Mississippi, Olive Branch Intermediate School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 52.8% actual against a predicted 62.8%.
In the county around the school, DeSoto County, median household income is about $85,297, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 43 public schools operate in DeSoto County, serving about 34,934 students.
Olive Branch Middle School is the public school closest to Olive Branch Intermediate School, about 1.2 miles away. Olive Branch Intermediate School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Olive Branch Intermediate School at 5th of 6.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 477 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 472.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Olive Branch Intermediate School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other schools in Olive Branch
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,079 students
- Center Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,059 students
- Olive Branch High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Center Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 788 students
- Center Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
Nearby schools
- Olive Branch Middle School1.2 mi · 744
- Olive Branch Elementary School1.3 mi · 504
- Chickasaw Elementary School1.4 mi · 500
- Olive Branch High School1.6 mi · 1,058
- Highland Oaks Middle2.4 mi · 537
- Highland Oaks Elementary2.8 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About Olive Branch Intermediate SchoolHow large is Olive Branch Intermediate School?
Olive Branch Intermediate School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades 04-05.
Is Olive Branch Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olive Branch Intermediate School is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many students per teacher at Olive Branch Intermediate School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Olive Branch Intermediate School.
How diverse is Olive Branch Intermediate School?
Olive Branch Intermediate School reports a student body of 36% White, 10% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Olive Branch Intermediate School in?
Olive Branch Intermediate School is part of DeSoto County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.