Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HATTIESBURG·NCES 280180001571
Rowan Elementary
500 MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE, HATTIESBURG, MS 39401 · (601) 583-0960 · Forrest County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
423 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Based on grade levels within Hattiesburg. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
59.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
425
-31 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.6:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
5%
was 1%
% Black
90%
was 98%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Rowan Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary-level community in HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Rowan Elementary caters to 425 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Hattiesburg.
Within Hattiesburg, which oversees 8 schools and 3,918 students, Rowan Elementary is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Rowan Elementary reports that nearly all students (90%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Forrest County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Rowan Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.4%; this one delivers 71.5%, a residual of +27.1 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Forrest County shows median household earnings sit near $53,640, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Rowan Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Forrest County (combined enrollment of about 10,857 students).
Hattiesburg STEAM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rowan Elementary has contracted 7%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 98% to 90% over that span.
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Forrest County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,272
Census ACS
Median income
$53,640
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
10,857 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hattiesburg
- Hattiesburg High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Thames ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- N R Burger MiddleMiddle · 525 students
- Woodley ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Grace Christian ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Hawkins ElementaryElementary · 283 students
Other schools in HATTIESBURG
- Oak Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Bellevue ElementaryElementary · 1,145 students
- Hattiesburg High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Longleaf ElementaryElementary · 787 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Hattiesburg STEAM Academy0.8 mi · 263
- N R Burger Middle0.9 mi · 525
- Hawkins Elementary1.3 mi · 283
- Hattiesburg High School1.6 mi · 1,014
- Woodley Elementary1.7 mi · 422
- Thames Elementary2.3 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About Rowan ElementaryHow many students attend Rowan Elementary?
Rowan Elementary enrolls approximately 425 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rowan Elementary serve?
Rowan Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rowan Elementary have?
Rowan Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rowan Elementary?
At Rowan Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 5% Hispanic, 90% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Rowan Elementary in?
Rowan Elementary is part of Hattiesburg.
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