Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUITMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280378000724
Quitman Upper Elementary School
300 East Franklin Street, Quitman, MS 39355 · (601) 776-6123 · Clarke County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 38.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
260 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 134 | 41% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 27% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Quitman Upper Elementary School→Quitman Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Quitman School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
52.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 52.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 50.5% |
% 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Quitman Upper Elementary School
Quitman Upper Elementary School's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quitman Upper Elementary School this school | 327 | 79.5% | 51.4% |
| Quitman Lower Elementary Quitman | 407 | 75.4% | 47.6% |
| Brookhaven Elementary School BROOKHAVEN | 368 | 81.0% | 50.0% |
| Baldwyn Elementary BALDWYN | 279 | 77.1% | 38.1% |
| Monticello Elementary Monticello | 397 | 76.3% | 36.1% |
| Franklin Lower Elementary Meadville | 379 | 77.8% | 67.5% |
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 Quitman Upper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #251 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #202 of 439 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #262 of 439 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #300 of 453 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #158 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #253 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #49 of 296 |
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
327
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 680
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 | 327 | N/A | N/A | 80% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 25.2 | 12.9:1 | 100% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 100% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 100% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 28.6 | 16.2:1 | 100% (463) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 85% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 82% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 66% (403) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 38 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quitman Upper Elementary School.
About Quitman Upper Elementary School
Quitman Upper Elementary School sits in Quitman, Mississippi, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in grades 3 through 5 attend, and enrollment is 327 students. The school's enrollment is 27% smaller than the 446 average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Quitman School District is responsible for 4 schools, Quitman Upper Elementary School included, with 1,459 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, Quitman Upper Elementary School is 57% Black. It is also 40% White and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Clarke County is roughly 31% Black. Quitman Upper Elementary School has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 80% in 2024-25. That rate is above the 68% average among public schools in Clarke County.
allk12 grades Quitman Upper Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Quitman Upper Elementary School is -3.0 points: 51.4% actual, 54.4% predicted.
Clarke County has these Census figures: median household income is about $46,108, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Quitman Upper Elementary School is among the 9 public schools in Clarke County.
The shortest distance from Quitman Upper Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Quitman High School. The five-mile area around Quitman Upper Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. Quitman Upper Elementary School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Quitman Upper Elementary School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 327, close to the 333 recorded in 2020-21.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Clarke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,314
Census ACS
Median income
$46,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,377 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Quitman School District
- Quitman High SchoolHigh · 437 students
- Quitman Lower ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Quitman Junior High SchoolMiddle · 288 students
- CLARKE CO CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CTRHigh
- QUITMAN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in Quitman
- Quitman High SchoolHigh · 437 students
- Quitman Lower ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Quitman Junior High SchoolMiddle · 288 students
- CLARKE CO CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CTRHigh
- QUITMAN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- Quitman High School0.2 mi · 437
- Quitman Lower Elementary0.2 mi · 407
- Quitman Junior High School1.4 mi · 288
- Enterprise Elementary10.5 mi · 390
- Enterprise Middle School10.5 mi · 268
- Enterprise High School11.0 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Quitman Upper Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Quitman Upper Elementary School?
Quitman Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Quitman Upper Elementary School serve?
Quitman Upper Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student diversity at Quitman Upper Elementary School?
Student demographics at Quitman Upper Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 1% Hispanic, 57% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Quitman Upper Elementary School public or private?
Quitman Upper Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Quitman School District.
What county does Quitman Upper Elementary School serve?
Quitman Upper Elementary School serves Clarke County in MS.
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