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Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle

417 Palestine Street, Raymond, MS 39154 · (601) 857-0213 · Hinds County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 446
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
332 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K184%
Kindergarten4710%
Grade 1429%
Grade 25412%
Grade 34811%
Grade 4429%
Grade 55211%
Grade 64510%
Grade 75211%
Grade 85312%

This year's kindergarten class (47) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (53).

Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
9020%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 40% · US 43%
Hispanic
419%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 30%
Black
23552%
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 45% · US 15%
Two+
8719%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
23351%
Female
22049%

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Test scores

MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
40.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.

MAAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2540.8%56.3%
2023-2443.6%53.4%
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle

Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle this school45373.3%56.3%
Horn Lake Elementary School
HORN LAKE
52072.9%39.0%
Rankin Elementary School
Tupelo
37571.7%63.2%
Joyner Elementary School
Tupelo
44471.8%55.9%
Greenbrook Elementary School
Southaven
55670.0%55.7%
Shadow Oaks Elementary School
Horn Lake
42380.1%36.1%
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 Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MississippiIn Hinds County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
56.3%#205 of 428#7 of 31
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
56.3%#178 of 439
▲ 30
#7 of 38
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.8%#281 of 439
▲ 16
#12 of 38
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
453#179 of 453#12 of 40
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.7:1#53 of 408#5 of 36
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
64.6%#48 of 409#1 of 36
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
73.3%#297 of 444#35 of 39
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.

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2545335.712.7:173% (332)
2023-2446042.310.9:162% (287)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle.

About Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle

Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Raymond, Mississippi. It had 453 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8.

Besides Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle, Hinds County School District runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 4,940 students.

At Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle, 52% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 20% White, 19% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Hinds County is roughly 72% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle scores 65%.

The school had 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The school's 12.7:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for elementary schools in Mississippi. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 73%. That rate is below the 88% average among public schools in Hinds County.

Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle is 1.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (56.3% versus 57.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.

The county, Hinds County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $49,402, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The county has 84 public schools and about 32,870 students.

Of the public schools around it, Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle is closest to Raymond High School, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.

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Hinds County at a glance

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Population
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students

Quick facts

School name
Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle
District
Hinds County School District
Address
417 Palestine Street, Raymond, MS 39154
Phone
(601) 857-0213
County
Hinds County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
453
Teachers (FTE)
36
Student–teacher ratio
12.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
332 (73%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
280186001608
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle
How many students attend Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle?
Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle serve?
Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle have?
Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle?
Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle reports a student body of 20% White, 9% Hispanic, 52% Black, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle?
Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle is overseen by Hinds County School District in Hinds County.
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