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.

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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