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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 12% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
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.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 59.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 72.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
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 →
Where Rowan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Forrest County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #70 of 428 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #153 of 439 | #8 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #91 of 439 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #194 of 453 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #324 of 408 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #343 of 409 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #131 of 444 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #229 of 296 | #6 of 9 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
425
+74 (+21%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 425 | 25.5 | 16.7:1 | 100% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 28.9 | 13.4:1 | 100% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 27.6 | 12.7:1 | 100% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 100% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 27.4 | 16.6:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 100% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 98% (433) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rowan Elementary.
About Rowan Elementary
Rowan Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in HATTIESBURG, Mississippi. There are 425 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Across its 8 schools, Hattiesburg enrolls 3,918 students. Rowan Elementary is one of those schools.
Rowan Elementary is 90% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Forrest County's population at about 36%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rowan Elementary scores 18%.
On staff are 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi average 15.9:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Rowan Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. The rate at public schools in Forrest County averages 79%, lower than here.
Rowan Elementary is a top-10% school in Mississippi on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.4% with an actual 71.5%.
Census data for Forrest County show median household income comes to about $53,640, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. There are 21 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,857, Rowan Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Hattiesburg STEAM Academy is closest at about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Rowan Elementary comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Rowan Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 21% rise, from 351 to 425. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 16.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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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