S.V. Marshall Elementary School

As a close-knit elementary-level community in Lexington, Mississippi, S.V. Marshall Elementary School enrolls 214 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Holmes County Consolidated. That puts it 52% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

Within Holmes County Consolidated, which oversees 7 schools and 2,300 students, S.V. Marshall Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, S.V. Marshall Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial. By comparison, Holmes County as a whole is about 81% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, S.V. Marshall Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting S.V. Marshall Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at S.V. Marshall Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, census data for Holmes County shows median household income runs about $32,538, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 33%. In all, Holmes County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,300 students), of which S.V. Marshall Elementary School is one.

S.V. Marshall Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a low-density site.

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