Ruleville Central Elementary

Ruleville Central Elementary, a small elementary-level community in RULEVILLE, Mississippi, one of the schools within Sunflower County Consolidated School District, enrolls 271 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Ruleville Central Elementary sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

Ruleville Central Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Sunflower County Consolidated School District, a district that enrolls 2,807 students overall.

On demographics, Ruleville Central Elementary shows that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 73% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Ruleville Central Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Ruleville Central Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sunflower County) shows that median household earnings sit near $39,956, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, Sunflower County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,807 students), of which Ruleville Central Elementary is one.

Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ruleville Central Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Ruleville Central Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 277 (now 271). Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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