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What's the state of after-school transportation at SHADOW OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 681 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132001191
Shadow Oaks Elementary School
380 Shadow Oaks Parkway, Horn Lake, MS 38637 · (662) 393-4585 · DeSoto County
GRADES PK–02ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
339 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 30% |
| Grade 2 | 165 | 39% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
MS avg 45.9% . -15.3pp since 2023
Math
34.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 36.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Shadow Oaks Elementary School
Shadow Oaks Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Oaks Elementary School this school | 423 | 80.1% | 36.1% |
| Horn Lake Elementary School HORN LAKE | 520 | 72.9% | 39.0% |
| Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle Raymond | 453 | 73.3% | 56.3% |
| Hope Sullivan Elementary School Southaven | 563 | 72.3% | 39.3% |
| Southaven Elementary School Southaven | 681 | 78.4% | 45.3% |
| Rankin Elementary School Tupelo | 375 | 71.7% | 63.2% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Shadow Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #369 of 428 | #23 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #338 of 439 ▼ 7 | #20 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #382 of 439 ▼ 93 | #22 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #196 of 453 | #23 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #358 of 408 | #20 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #191 of 409 | #17 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #249 of 444 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #212 of 296 | #8 of 15 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
423
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 423 | 24.5 | 17.3:1 | 80% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 35.5 | 12.2:1 | 84% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 37.8 | 12.1:1 | 99% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 99% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 32.1 | 14.4:1 | 86% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 84% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 78% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 28% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 20 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shadow Oaks Elementary School.
About Shadow Oaks Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Horn Lake, Mississippi, Shadow Oaks Elementary School is part of DeSoto County School District. There are 423 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 2.
DeSoto County School District has 34,934 students in 39 schools, and Shadow Oaks Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Shadow Oaks Elementary School, about 70 are Black. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic, 12% White, and 4% multiracial. DeSoto County's residents are about 33% Black, 38 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shadow Oaks Elementary School scores 47%.
Shadow Oaks Elementary School has 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.3:1. The school's 17.3:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for elementary schools in Mississippi. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 80%. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in DeSoto County is 31 points.
Shadow Oaks Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Shadow Oaks Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in Mississippi. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.1%, against a prediction of 54.1%.
For DeSoto County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $85,297 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in DeSoto County number 43, with about 34,934 students.
Horn Lake Intermediate School sits about 0.3 miles from Shadow Oaks Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Shadow Oaks Elementary School is 9th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 426 to 423, a small change.
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DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other schools in Horn Lake
- Horn Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- Horn Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Horn Lake Intermediate SchoolElementary · 914 students
- Horn Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- DeSoto Co. Career Center WestHigh
Other Shadow Oaks Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Shadow Oaks Elementary. Shadow Oaks Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Shadow Oaks Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Horn Lake Intermediate School0.3 mi · 914
- Horn Lake Elementary School1.0 mi · 520
- Horn Lake Middle School1.3 mi · 948
- Horn Lake High School1.5 mi · 1,271
- Hope Sullivan Elementary School2.4 mi · 563
- Southaven Elementary School3.2 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About Shadow Oaks Elementary SchoolHow large is Shadow Oaks Elementary School?
Shadow Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-02.
What age range does Shadow Oaks Elementary School serve?
Shadow Oaks Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 02.
How many students per teacher at Shadow Oaks Elementary School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Shadow Oaks Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Shadow Oaks Elementary School?
Student demographics at Shadow Oaks Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 13% Hispanic, 70% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Shadow Oaks Elementary School?
Shadow Oaks Elementary School is overseen by DeSoto County School District in DeSoto County.
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