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What's the one class at RALEIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 635 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMITH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280402001146
Raleigh Elementary School
201 White Oak Avenue, RALEIGH, MS 39153 · (601) 782-9507 · Smith County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- 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
16.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
448 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 51% larger than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Raleigh Elementary School→Raleigh High School
Based on grade levels within Smith County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
50.3%
MS avg 52.8% . -11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 61.8% |
% 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Raleigh Elementary School
Raleigh Elementary School's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Elementary School this school | 649 | 69.0% | 60.1% |
| Stone Elementary School Wiggins | 714 | 68.3% | 75.2% |
| Myrtle Attendance Center MYRTLE | 698 | 73.2% | 76.8% |
| Southeast Elementary School Meridian | 562 | 69.4% | 50.4% |
| Anderson Elementary School Booneville | 551 | 71.9% | 69.5% |
| Pope School Pope | 549 | 73.6% | 57.4% |
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 Raleigh Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #168 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #214 of 439 ▼ 72 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #219 of 439 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #77 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #322 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #242 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #330 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #66 of 90 |
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
649
+100 (+18%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 649 | 39.1 | 16.6:1 | 69% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 42.9 | 14.6:1 | 69% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 587 | 38.4 | 15.3:1 | 99% (584) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 99% (546) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 37.9 | 16.5:1 | 78% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 76% (521) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 43 | 17.8:1 | 73% (560) |
| 2000-01 | 819 | 40 | 20.5:1 | 58% (475) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 22 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raleigh Elementary School.
About Raleigh Elementary School
Raleigh Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in RALEIGH, Mississippi. The latest federal count shows 649 students in pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446 students, so this school is 46% bigger than average.
Smith County School District is the district for Raleigh Elementary School. It has 4 schools and 2,538 students.
By race and ethnicity, Raleigh Elementary School is 75% White. After that, the student body is 22% Black. For comparison, Smith County is about 74% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Raleigh Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
Raleigh Elementary School employs 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.6:1. That ratio is over the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 69% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for Raleigh Elementary School is B-. Compared with Mississippi public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Raleigh Elementary School would be expected to post about 59.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Smith County, median household income is about $60,916, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The public schools of Smith County number 10 and enroll about 2,538.
Raleigh High School is the public school closest to Raleigh Elementary School, about 3.1 miles away. Nearby schools average 56.2% on proficiency, and Raleigh Elementary School is above that at 60.1%.
The federal government classifies Raleigh Elementary School's location as Rural: Remote.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 18%, from 549 to 649.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,132
Census ACS
Median income
$60,916
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,538 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Smith County School District
- Mize Attendance CenterCombined · 831 students
- Taylorsville Attendance CenterCombined · 572 students
- Raleigh High SchoolHigh · 486 students
- COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERCombined
- SMITH COUNTY CAREER CENTERHigh
- Mize Elementary SchoolElementary
Other schools in RALEIGH
- Raleigh High SchoolHigh · 486 students
- COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERCombined
- SMITH COUNTY CAREER CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- Raleigh High School3.1 mi · 486
- Mize Attendance Center12.3 mi · 831
- Bay Springs Middle School15.0 mi · 181
- Bay Springs High School15.0 mi · 241
- Bay Springs Elementary School15.0 mi · 370
- Taylorsville Attendance Center15.3 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Raleigh Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Raleigh Elementary School?
Raleigh Elementary School enrolls approximately 649 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Raleigh Elementary School serve?
Raleigh Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Raleigh Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Raleigh Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Raleigh Elementary School?
Student demographics at Raleigh Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 2% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Raleigh Elementary School public or private?
Raleigh Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Smith County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.