Smithville School

Smithville School is a middle-of-the-pack K-12 campus in SMITHVILLE, Mississippi, overseen by Monroe County School District. The school teaches 540 students in grades K through 12.

Across the 3 schools in Monroe County School District (2,002 students total), Smithville School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Smithville School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Smithville School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.2%; this one delivers 74.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Monroe County) records that the typical household earns roughly $51,866 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Monroe County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,387 students), Smithville School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Amory Elementary, roughly 6.9 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Smithville School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Smithville School has showed little movement, going from 528 students in 2018 to 540 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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