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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383000741
Pisgah Elementary
125 Pisgah High Rd., Brandon, MS 39047 · (601) 829-2937 · Rankin County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
245 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 16% smaller than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
33%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
68.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
70.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.4% | 70.4% |
| 2023-24 | 70.1% | 62.1% |
% 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
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Pisgah Elementary
Pisgah Elementary's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pisgah Elementary this school | 556 | 44.1% | 73.7% |
| Clarkdale Elementary School Meridian | 527 | 45.4% | 77.4% |
| Florence Elementary Florence | 537 | 48.2% | 84.8% |
| Steens Creek Elementary Florence | 582 | 48.5% | 84.1% |
| West Lauderdale Elementary School Meridian | 761 | 46.1% | 63.4% |
| East Webster Elementary School Mathiston | 434 | 50.2% | 73.5% |
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 Pisgah Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #59 of 428 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #80 of 439 ▲ 61 | #7 of 19 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #51 of 439 ▲ 13 | #9 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #116 of 453 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #195 of 408 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #267 of 409 | #18 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #417 of 444 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.5% | #12 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
556
+79 (+17%) vs 2020
+261% since 1990-91, when it was 154
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 556 | 37.5 | 14.8:1 | 44% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 38.7 | 14.2:1 | 45% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 37.2 | 13.6:1 | 99% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 99% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 27.1 | 16.4:1 | 57% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 60% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 61% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 371 | 21 | 17.7:1 | 33% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 154 | 10 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pisgah Elementary.
About Pisgah Elementary
Pisgah Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Brandon, Mississippi, administered by Rankin County School District. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 556 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446, so this school runs 25% bigger than that.
The 27 schools of Rankin County School District, including Pisgah Elementary, enroll 18,196 students.
About 81% of the student body at Pisgah Elementary is White. Other reported shares: 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 71% White among all Rankin County residents. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 37.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.8:1. That is lower than the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%.
The allk12 Grade for Pisgah Elementary is B+. Compared with Mississippi public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Pisgah Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.7%, compared with a predicted 72.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations.
Rankin County census figures show that the median household income is $79,357, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 34 public schools in Rankin County, enrolling about 22,454 students in all.
Pisgah High School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within ten miles of Pisgah Elementary, there are 3 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Pisgah Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Pisgah Elementary is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Pisgah Elementary climbed 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 477 to 556 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.4:1 in 2020-21, and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Other schools in Brandon
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- StoneBridge ElementaryElementary · 742 students
- Oakdale ElementaryElementary · 566 students
Other Pisgah Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pisgah Elementary. Pisgah Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Pisgah ElementaryClarksville, TN · 934 students
- Pisgah ElementaryCandler, NC · 162 students
Nearby schools
- Pisgah High School0.1 mi · 482
- Northshore Elementary8.5 mi · 539
- Oakdale Elementary9.7 mi · 566
- Highland Bluff Elementary10.6 mi · 491
- Northwest High School11.2 mi · 1,855
- Northwest Middle School11.5 mi · 1,352
Frequently asked questions
About Pisgah ElementaryHow large is Pisgah Elementary?
Pisgah Elementary enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-06.
Is Pisgah Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pisgah Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Pisgah Elementary have?
Pisgah Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Pisgah Elementary?
Student demographics at Pisgah Elementary are roughly 81% White, 3% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Pisgah Elementary public or private?
Pisgah Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rankin County School District.
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