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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383001223
Richland Upper Elementary
175 Wilson Dr, Richland, MS 39218 · (601) 939-2288 · Rankin County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
374 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 108 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 114 | 24% |
Student demographics
67%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
54.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
62.1%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 58.9% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 Upper Elementary
Richland Upper Elementary's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Upper Elementary this school | 480 | 77.9% | 59.6% |
| Richland Elementary Richland | 369 | 78.9% | 67.2% |
| Pontotoc Elementary School Pontotoc | 657 | 73.1% | 65.5% |
| Ripley Elementary School Ripley | 611 | 84.9% | 65.1% |
| DT Cox Elementary School Pontotoc | 354 | 72.9% | 68.0% |
| Martin Bluff Gautier | 410 | 71.7% | 60.3% |
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 Upper Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Rankin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #172 of 428 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #135 of 439 ▲ 30 | #14 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #162 of 439 ▲ 62 | #17 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #161 of 453 | #14 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #84 of 408 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #21 of 409 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #263 of 444 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #102 of 296 | #5 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
480
-47 (-9%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 687
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 480 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 78% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 35.3 | 13.3:1 | 80% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 33.9 | 14.8:1 | 99% (500) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 99% (524) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 76% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 31 | 20.2:1 | 76% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 68% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 40 | 17.2:1 | 33% (229) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richland Upper Elementary.
About Richland Upper Elementary
Richland Upper Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Richland, Mississippi. Federal data show 480 students enrolled in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25.
Richland Upper Elementary is one school in Rankin County School District, a system of 27 schools with 18,196 students.
About 47% of students at Richland Upper Elementary are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 26% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Rankin County, the White share is about 71%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
The school had 36 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1. The school reported 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 50% average among public schools in Rankin County.
Richland Upper Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
A school with Richland Upper Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Mississippi is predicted to score 55.2%. Richland Upper Elementary scores 59.6%, 4.4 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Rankin County, median household income comes to about $79,357, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 34, with about 22,454 students.
Richland High School is the nearest public school to Richland Upper Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Richland Upper Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Richland Upper Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 480, from 527 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.3 students per teacher, compared with 16.5 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Richland Upper Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 ElementaryElementary · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Richland High School0.1 mi · 731
- Richland Elementary0.9 mi · 369
- Steens Creek Elementary4.4 mi · 582
- Florence Elementary4.4 mi · 537
- Florence High School4.5 mi · 718
- Florence Middle School4.6 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Richland Upper ElementaryHow large is Richland Upper Elementary?
Richland Upper Elementary enrolls approximately 480 students in grades 03-06.
What age range does Richland Upper Elementary serve?
Richland Upper Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Richland Upper Elementary have?
Richland Upper Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Richland Upper Elementary?
Student demographics at Richland Upper Elementary are roughly 47% White, 19% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Richland Upper Elementary?
Richland Upper Elementary is overseen by Rankin County School District in Rankin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.