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What's the one class at PEARL LOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
763
Elementary
DISTRICT 679 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280352000002
Pearl Lower Elementary
160 MARY ANN DRIVE, PEARL, MS 39208 · (601) 932-7976 · Rankin County
GRADES PK–01ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL763 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
533 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 122 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 328 | 43% |
| Grade 1 | 313 | 41% |
Student demographics
67%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pearl Lower Elementary→Northside Elementary→Pearl Upper School→Pearl Jr High School→Pearl High School
Based on grade levels within Pearl Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 76.2% | 65.5% |
% 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
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Pearl Lower Elementary
Pearl Lower Elementary's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Lower Elementary this school | 763 | 69.9% | 70.6% |
| Northside Elementary PEARL | 665 | 69.6% | 68.0% |
| Pearl Upper School PEARL | 608 | 68.9% | 65.2% |
| Lake Cormorant Elementary LAKE CORMORANT | 635 | 65.8% | 63.0% |
| Walls Elementary School Walls | 722 | 69.0% | 45.4% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School Southaven | 556 | 70.0% | 55.7% |
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 Pearl Lower Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #80 of 428 | #9 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #91 of 439 ▲ 30 | #9 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #34 of 439 ▼ 1 | #5 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 763 | #41 of 453 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #216 of 408 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #26 of 409 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.9% | #321 of 444 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #287 of 296 | #15 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
763
+90 (+13%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 763 | 50.5 | 15.1:1 | 70% (533) |
| 2023-24 | 740 | 65.4 | 11.3:1 | 66% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 64.5 | 12.1:1 | 100% (779) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 100% (670) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 44.1 | 17.6:1 | 70% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 764 | 45 | 17.0:1 | 72% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 33 | 19.7:1 | 71% (463) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 39% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 29 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pearl Lower Elementary.
About Pearl Lower Elementary
Pearl Lower Elementary is a large elementary school for students in PEARL, Mississippi. It enrolled 763 students in pre-K through 1 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 71% higher than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi, which is about 446.
The 5 schools in Pearl Public Schools enroll 4,258 students altogether, Pearl Lower Elementary among them.
The most common group at Pearl Lower Elementary is Black students, at 40%. Other groups make up 39% White, 12% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Rankin County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Pearl Lower Elementary, 50.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Mississippi have 15.9:1, compared with 15.1:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 70% of enrollment. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Rankin County.
allk12 grades Pearl Lower Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Pearl Lower Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.6% and a predicted 59.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Rankin County show that the median household income is $79,357, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides Pearl Lower Elementary, Rankin County has 33 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Pearl Jr High School, is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Pearl Lower Elementary is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
Pearl Lower Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 13% from 2020-21, when Pearl Lower Elementary had 673 students, to 2024-25, when it had 763.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Pearl Public Schools
- Pearl High SchoolHigh · 1,278 students
- Pearl Jr High SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Pearl Upper SchoolElementary · 608 students
Other schools in PEARL
- Pearl High SchoolHigh · 1,278 students
- Pearl Jr High SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Pearl Upper SchoolElementary · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Pearl Jr High School0.2 mi · 944
- Pearl Upper School0.7 mi · 608
- Northside Elementary1.0 mi · 665
- Pearl High School1.2 mi · 1,278
- Rouse Elementary4.4 mi · 798
- Barack Obama Elementary School4.6 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About Pearl Lower ElementaryHow large is Pearl Lower Elementary?
Pearl Lower Elementary enrolls approximately 763 students in grades PK-01.
Is Pearl Lower Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pearl Lower Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-01.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pearl Lower Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pearl Lower Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pearl Lower Elementary?
At Pearl Lower Elementary, the student body is approximately 39% White, 12% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Pearl Lower Elementary in?
Pearl Lower Elementary is part of Pearl Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.