Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383001143
Richland Elementary
200 Spell Drive, Richland, MS 39218 · (601) 939-4375 · Rankin County
GRADES PK–02ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
291 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 33% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 30% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 32% |
Student demographics
65%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
64.4%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
MS avg 52.8% . +16.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.4% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 63.3% |
% 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Richland Elementary
Richland Elementary's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Elementary this school | 369 | 78.9% | 67.2% |
| Richland Upper Elementary Richland | 480 | 77.9% | 59.6% |
| Nicholson Elementary Picayune | 324 | 84.6% | 51.3% |
| Martin Bluff Gautier | 410 | 71.7% | 60.3% |
| Ripley Elementary School Ripley | 611 | 84.9% | 65.1% |
| DT Cox Elementary School Pontotoc | 354 | 72.9% | 68.0% |
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 Richland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #110 of 428 | #11 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #33 of 439 ▲ 101 | #5 of 19 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #79 of 439 ▲ 68 | #12 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #259 of 453 | #18 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #167 of 408 | #10 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #44 of 409 | #5 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #258 of 444 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #128 of 296 | #8 of 16 |
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
369
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 287
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 369 | 25.5 | 14.5:1 | 79% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 33 | 10.9:1 | 78% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 34.4 | 11.2:1 | 99% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 99% (390) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 25.5 | 17.4:1 | 76% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 78% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 21 | 22.6:1 | 69% (326) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 32 | 19.0:1 | 33% (202) |
| 1990-91 | 287 | 14 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richland Elementary.
About Richland Elementary
Families in Richland, Mississippi, are served by Richland Elementary, a small elementary school. There are 369 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 2.
Rankin County School District serves 18,196 students across 27 schools.
White students are 51% of those enrolled at Richland Elementary. The remaining shares are 21% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Rankin County's population at about 71%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 25.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.5:1. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Roughly 79% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Rankin County is 50%.
Richland Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
A school with Richland Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Mississippi is predicted to score 54.8%. Richland Elementary scores 67.2%, 12.4 points above that line.
In the wider Rankin County area, median household income comes to about $79,357, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Rankin County counts 34 public schools with about 22,454 students.
The closest school to Richland Elementary is Richland High School, located about 0.8 miles away. Richland Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Richland Elementary's average proficiency of 67.2% compares with 51.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased 6% over 4 years, reaching 369 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.7:1 to 14.5:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Richland Elementary, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Richland
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- Richland Upper ElementaryElementary · 480 students
Other Richland Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 12 states are named Richland Elementary. Richland Elementary is the 11th largest of the 16.
- Richland ElementaryMemphis, TN · 907 students
- Richland ElementarySan Marcos, CA · 883 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolJohnstown, PA · 831 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolCrest Hill, IL · 774 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolRICHARDSON, TX · 643 students
Nearby schools
- Richland High School0.8 mi · 731
- Richland Upper Elementary0.9 mi · 480
- WHITTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL4.2 mi · 301
- SYKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 320
- Florence Middle School4.9 mi · 556
- Florence Elementary4.9 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Richland ElementaryHow many students attend Richland Elementary?
Richland Elementary enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-02.
Is Richland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-02.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richland Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richland Elementary is approximately 14.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richland Elementary?
At Richland Elementary, the student body is approximately 51% White, 18% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Richland Elementary?
Richland Elementary is overseen by Rankin County School District in Rankin County.
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