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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383001078
Pelahatchie Elementary
213-B Brooks St., Pelahatchie, MS 39145 · (601) 854-8060 · Rankin County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
272 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
45.9%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 10 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 47.8% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 Pelahatchie Elementary
Pelahatchie Elementary's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelahatchie Elementary this school | 385 | 70.6% | 58.5% |
| Waveland Elementary School WAVELAND | 460 | 69.8% | 67.9% |
| South Hancock Elementary School Bay St. Louis | 480 | 73.8% | 61.0% |
| LT Taylor Intermediate School LUCEDALE | 293 | 74.7% | 55.0% |
| Eupora Elementary School Eupora | 401 | 66.1% | 68.9% |
| West Side Elementary Picayune | 444 | 74.1% | 50.8% |
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 Pelahatchie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #179 of 428 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #167 of 439 ▲ 84 | #16 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #244 of 439 ▲ 3 | #19 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #241 of 453 | #17 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #41 of 408 | #1 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #173 of 409 | #13 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.6% | #317 of 444 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #86 of 296 | #4 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
385
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 385 | 30.7 | 12.6:1 | 71% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 33.6 | 11.9:1 | 70% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 31.9 | 12.7:1 | 99% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 99% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 31.5 | 15.8:1 | 78% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 79% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 74% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 206 | 15 | 13.7:1 | 33% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 16 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pelahatchie Elementary.
About Pelahatchie Elementary
Pelahatchie Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Pelahatchie, Mississippi. In all, 385 students attend the school in pre-K through 6.
Pelahatchie Elementary is part of a district of 27 schools: Rankin County School District, with 18,196 students.
About 67% of the student body at Pelahatchie Elementary is White. Other groups include 19% Black, 6% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pelahatchie Elementary is 12.6:1, based on 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Pelahatchie Elementary counts 71% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Rankin County, the average is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pelahatchie Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 51% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Pelahatchie Elementary is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 58.5%. Predicted: 58.9%.
In the surrounding county, Rankin County, the median household earns about $79,357 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Pelahatchie Elementary, Rankin County has 34 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Pelahatchie High School, is the closest to Pelahatchie Elementary. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. The school's 58.5% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Pelahatchie Elementary enrolled 407 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 385.
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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 Rankin County School District
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
Nearby schools
- Pelahatchie High School0.0 mi · 336
- Morton High School8.9 mi · 476
- Morton Elementary School9.0 mi · 686
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle School9.0 mi · 486
- Oakdale Elementary10.4 mi · 566
- StoneBridge Elementary11.0 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Pelahatchie ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pelahatchie Elementary?
Pelahatchie Elementary enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-06.
Is Pelahatchie Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pelahatchie Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Pelahatchie Elementary?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Pelahatchie Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Pelahatchie Elementary?
Student demographics at Pelahatchie Elementary are roughly 67% White, 6% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pelahatchie Elementary in?
Pelahatchie Elementary is part of Rankin County School District.
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