Seminary Elementary

Seminary Elementary is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Seminary, Mississippi, one of the schools within Covington County School District, hosting 420 students in grades K through 4.

Covington County School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,492 students. Seminary Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Seminary Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 7% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Seminary Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Seminary Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.5%; Seminary Elementary posts 76.5%, +32.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Covington County put median household earnings sit near $45,051, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. In all, Covington County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,492 students), of which Seminary Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Seminary High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Seminary Elementary comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

Seminary Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Seminary Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 428 (now 420).

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