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Rosser Early Learning Center

601 Ingram Street, Moorhead, MS 38761 · (662) 246-5395 · Sunflower County
GRADES PK–PKELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL79 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
79
Elementary
DISTRICT 241 · STATE 446
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
79 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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-K79100%
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
23%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 40% · US 43%
Black
7797%
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 45% · US 15%
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
3342%
Female
4658%

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Test scores

MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
45.7%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
46.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -15.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.

MAAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2545.7%46.9%
2023-2446.8%62.5%
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Rosser Early Learning Center

Rosser Early Learning Center's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Rosser Early Learning Center this school79100.0%50.5%
KCSD Upper Elementary School
DE KALB
108100.0%41.9%
Camden Elementary
Camden
9992.9%69.9%
Jonestown Elementary
JONESTOWN
13598.5%41.2%
Meridian PreK Academy
Meridian
14297.9%29.5%
Dundee Elementary School
DUNDEE
138100.0%55.4%
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 Rosser Early Learning Center ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Mississippi
Enrollment
ranked largest first
79#451 of 453
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 2024-25
Enrollment
79
+33 (+72%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2579419.8:1100% (79)
2023-24916.214.8:1100% (91)
2022-23766.312.0:1100% (76)
2020-2146411.5:1100% (46)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosser Early Learning Center.

About Rosser Early Learning Center

Rosser Early Learning Center is a small elementary school with an address in Moorhead, Mississippi. A total of 79 students attend the school, which covers pre-K. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446 students, so this school is 82% smaller than average.

Rosser Early Learning Center is a school in Sunflower County Consolidated School District. The district has 11 schools and 2,807 students.

Federal enrollment data show Rosser Early Learning Center is 97% Black. The school is also 3% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 73%. The school's diversity index is 5%, meaning two students picked at random have a 5% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Rosser Early Learning Center operates with 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.8:1. That is higher than the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. About 100% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Sunflower County average 100%.

Rosser Early Learning Center is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Rosser Early Learning Center is 6.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.5% actual, 44.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Mississippi.

In Sunflower County (population about 24,333), the median household income is $39,956, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 22%. There are 13 public schools in Sunflower County, enrolling about 2,807 students in all.

Of nearby public schools, Moorhead Central School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. In all, 5 other public schools sit within ten miles of Rosser Early Learning Center. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Rosser Early Learning Center ranks 2nd on average proficiency.

Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Federal data put enrollment at 46 in 2020-21 and 79 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.5:1 to 19.8:1.

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Sunflower County at a glance

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Population
24,333
Census ACS
Median income
$39,956
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,807 students

Quick facts

School name
Rosser Early Learning Center
District
Sunflower County Consolidated School District
Address
601 Ingram Street, Moorhead, MS 38761
Phone
(662) 246-5395
County
Sunflower County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–PK
Total enrollment
79
Teachers (FTE)
4
Student–teacher ratio
19.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
79 (100%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
280018701533
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Sunflower County Consolidated School District
Other schools in Moorhead
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Frequently asked questions

About Rosser Early Learning Center
How many students attend Rosser Early Learning Center?
Rosser Early Learning Center enrolls approximately 79 students in grades PK-PK.
Is Rosser Early Learning Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rosser Early Learning Center is an elementary school covering grades PK-PK.
How many teachers does Rosser Early Learning Center have?
Rosser Early Learning Center employs 4 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rosser Early Learning Center?
At Rosser Early Learning Center, the student body is approximately 3% White, 97% Black.
Is Rosser Early Learning Center public or private?
Rosser Early Learning Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sunflower County Consolidated School District.
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