Perkinston Elementary School

Perkinston Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Perkinston, Mississippi, one of the schools within Stone County School District. Current enrollment sits at 503 students spanning grades K through 5.

Stone County School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,532 students; Perkinston Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Perkinston Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest is composed of 10% Black, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Perkinston Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.0%; this one delivers 68.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Stone County shows median household income runs about $61,413, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Stone County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,532 students), of which Perkinston Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stone Elementary School, around 4.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Perkinston Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 503). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.