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What's the state of after-school transportation at POPLARVILLE UPPER ELEMENTARY SCH?
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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POPLARVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280372000710
Poplarville Upper Elementary
1 TODD CIRCLE, POPLARVILLE, MS 39470 · (601) 795-3104 · Pearl River County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
277 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Poplarville School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.5%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
66.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
432
+8 (+2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.1:1
% White
85%
was 85%
% Hispanic
1%
was 0%
% Black
6%
was 10%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Poplarville Upper Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary campus in POPLARVILLE, Mississippi, Poplarville Upper Elementary caters to 432 students from grades 3 through 5, operated by Poplarville School District.
Across the 4 schools in Poplarville School District (1,969 students total), Poplarville Upper Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Poplarville Upper Elementary shows that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Black.
On the income-and-resources front, Poplarville Upper Elementary lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at Poplarville Upper Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Poplarville Upper Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.2%, the actual is 66.1%, a residual of +3.9 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Pearl River County indicate median household income runs about $58,135, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Poplarville Upper Elementary is one of 20 public schools in Pearl River County (combined enrollment of about 8,456 students).
Nearest neighbor: Poplarville Lower Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Poplarville Upper Elementary.
Poplarville Upper Elementary operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 424 students in 2018 compared to 432 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Pearl River County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,458
Census ACS
Median income
$58,135
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Poplarville School District
- Poplarville High SchoolHigh · 540 students
- Poplarville Lower ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Middle School Of PoplarvilleMiddle · 476 students
- POPLARVILLE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CTRHigh
Other schools in POPLARVILLE
- Poplarville High SchoolHigh · 540 students
- Poplarville Lower ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Middle School Of PoplarvilleMiddle · 476 students
- POPLARVILLE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CTRHigh
Nearby schools
- Poplarville Lower Elementary0.8 mi · 521
- Poplarville High School1.0 mi · 540
- Middle School Of Poplarville1.2 mi · 476
- Lumberton High School11.3 mi · 268
- Lumberton Elementary School11.3 mi · 287
- PEARL RIVER CENTRAL ELEMENTAR14.3 mi · 1,414
Frequently asked questions
About Poplarville Upper ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Poplarville Upper Elementary?
Poplarville Upper Elementary enrolls approximately 432 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Poplarville Upper Elementary serve?
Poplarville Upper Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Poplarville Upper Elementary have?
Poplarville Upper Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is Poplarville Upper Elementary?
Poplarville Upper Elementary reports a student body of 85% White, 1% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Poplarville Upper Elementary?
Poplarville Upper Elementary is overseen by Poplarville School District in Pearl River County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.