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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PECAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280219000420
Pecan Park Elementary School
415 Claiborne Ave, Jackson, MS 39209 · (601) 960-5444 · Hinds County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
510 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
25.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
24.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.4% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 20.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Pecan Park Elementary School
Pecan Park Elementary School's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecan Park Elementary School this school | 510 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| Bates Elementary School Jackson | 482 | 99.4% | 23.7% |
| Crystal Springs Elementary Crystal Springs | 482 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
| Nora Davis Elementary Laurel | 519 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Waynesboro Riverview School Waynesboro | 491 | 99.4% | 37.9% |
| Spann Elementary School Jackson | 433 | 100.0% | 46.2% |
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 Pecan Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #409 of 428 | #28 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #400 of 439 ▲ 6 | #21 of 38 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #402 of 439 ▼ 7 | #28 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #140 of 453 | #8 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #320 of 408 | #24 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.8% | #290 of 409 | #9 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #71 of 444 | #26 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #38 of 90 | N/A |
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
510
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 510 | 30.8 | 16.5:1 | 100% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 23.1 | 14.3:1 | 100% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 31.3 | 14.8:1 | 100% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 29 | 17.5:1 | 100% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 23.4 | 19.9:1 | 100% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 24 | 20.2:1 | 100% (485) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 93% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 81% (458) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 27 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pecan Park Elementary School.
About Pecan Park Elementary School
In Jackson, Mississippi, Pecan Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 510 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Pecan Park Elementary School is part of Jackson Public Schools, where 45 schools serve 19,765 students.
About 83% of the student body at Pecan Park Elementary School is Black. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Hinds County, the Black share is about 72%. Pecan Park Elementary School's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 30.8 full-time equivalents, or about 16.5 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Mississippi average 15.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 100%. The average for public schools in Hinds County is 88%.
allk12 grades Pecan Park Elementary School an F. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations places Pecan Park Elementary School in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.1 points below it (28.0% actual, 44.1% predicted).
According to the American Community Survey, in Hinds County, the median household income is $49,402, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Pecan Park Elementary School is one of 84 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Provine High School is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Pecan Park Elementary School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Pecan Park Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Pecan Park Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 507 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 510.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Public Schools
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Forest Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Forest Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
Other Pecan Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pecan Park Elementary. Pecan Park Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Pecan Park ElementaryOcean Springs, MS · 486 students
Nearby schools
- Provine High School0.6 mi · 791
- LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 230
- Lanier Junior/Senior High School1.2 mi · 895
- Blackburn Middle School1.3 mi · 317
- Clausell Elementary School1.4 mi · 231
- Isable Elementary School1.6 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About Pecan Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pecan Park Elementary School?
Pecan Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 510 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pecan Park Elementary School serve?
Pecan Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Pecan Park Elementary School have?
Pecan Park Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Pecan Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pecan Park Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 13% Hispanic, 83% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Pecan Park Elementary School in?
Pecan Park Elementary School is part of Jackson Public Schools.
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