Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY·NCES 280255001122
Shannon Elementary School
695 ROMIE HILL AVE., SHANNON, MS 38868 · (662) 767-9514 · Lee County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
213 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 93 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
40.7%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
27.4%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 33.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Shannon Elementary School
Shannon Elementary School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Elementary School this school | 257 | 82.9% | 48.7% |
| Shannon Primary School SHANNON | 249 | 86.3% | 33.9% |
| Kosciusko Upper Elementary KOSCIUSKO | 252 | 84.5% | 60.7% |
| Calhoun City Elementary CALHOUN CITY | 235 | 91.5% | 47.5% |
| Brookhaven Elementary School BROOKHAVEN | 368 | 81.0% | 50.0% |
| Marshall Elementary School NORTH CARROLLTON | 391 | 84.1% | 38.7% |
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 Shannon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #275 of 428 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #385 of 439 ▼ 38 | #16 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #283 of 439 ▲ 3 | #15 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #360 of 453 | #15 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #47 of 408 | #6 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #115 of 409 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #239 of 444 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #147 of 296 | #4 of 13 |
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
257
+51 (+25%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 257 | 20.3 | 12.7:1 | 83% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 19.9 | 11.6:1 | 53% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 205 | 17.8 | 11.6:1 | 100% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 206 | 19 | 10.8:1 | 99% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 20.9 | 14.4:1 | 99% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 92% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 299 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 84% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 37 | 18.1:1 | 57% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 734 | 38 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shannon Elementary School.
About Shannon Elementary School
In SHANNON, Mississippi, part of Lee County, Shannon Elementary School is an elementary school. It enrolls 257 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 3 through 5. That puts enrollment 42% below the 446-student average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Lee County enrolls 6,343 students in 13 schools, including Shannon Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Shannon Elementary School is Black: 57%. The remaining shares are 33% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Lee County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Shannon Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1, with 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi, 15.9:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 83% at Shannon Elementary School. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Lee County, the school's rate is higher.
Shannon Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Shannon Elementary School is 4.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 48.7% actual, 52.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Mississippi.
In Lee County, home to about 83,034 people, the median household earns about $67,863 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Lee County number 34, with about 14,808 students.
Shannon Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Shannon High School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Shannon Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Shannon Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Shannon Elementary School as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 257 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 206. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.8:1 to 12.7:1.
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,034
Census ACS
Median income
$67,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,808 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lee County
- Saltillo High SchoolHigh · 939 students
- Mooreville Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Saltillo Primary SchoolElementary · 704 students
- Saltillo Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Guntown Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Shannon High SchoolHigh · 529 students
Other schools in SHANNON
- Shannon High SchoolHigh · 529 students
- Shannon Primary SchoolElementary · 249 students
- Shannon Middle SchoolMiddle · 190 students
Other Shannon Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Shannon Elementary. Shannon Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Shannon ElementaryPinole, CA · 355 students
- Shannon Elementary SchoolMonticello, IA · 166 students
Nearby schools
- Shannon High School0.4 mi · 529
- Shannon Middle School0.4 mi · 190
- Shannon Primary School2.1 mi · 249
- Verona Elementary School5.5 mi · 364
- Nettleton Primary School5.8 mi · 220
- Nettleton High School6.1 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Shannon Elementary SchoolHow large is Shannon Elementary School?
Shannon Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades 03-05.
Is Shannon Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shannon Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Shannon Elementary School have?
Shannon Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Shannon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Shannon Elementary School are roughly 33% White, 6% Hispanic, 57% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Shannon Elementary School in?
Shannon Elementary School is part of Lee County.
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