Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VICKSBURG WARREN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280447001094
South Park Elementary
6530 NAILOR ROAD, VICKSBURG, MS 39180 · (601) 636-1271 · Warren County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% 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
15.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
349 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 51% larger than its 6th grade class (37).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
28.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -12.9pp since 2023
Math
24.4%
MS avg 52.8% . -10.1pp 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 24 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 34.5% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 South Park Elementary
South Park Elementary's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Park Elementary this school | 351 | 99.4% | 38.9% |
| McWillie Elementary School Jackson | 414 | 100.0% | 78.8% |
| Bell Academy BOYLE | 327 | 100.0% | 66.0% |
| EAST MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Columbia | 298 | 99.0% | 46.3% |
| Buckatunna School Buckatunna | 418 | 99.3% | 49.9% |
| Winona Elementary School Winona | 567 | 99.5% | 52.2% |
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 South Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #348 of 428 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #402 of 439 ▼ 60 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #388 of 439 ▼ 75 | #10 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #279 of 453 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #257 of 408 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #144 of 409 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #137 of 444 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #131 of 296 | #4 of 10 |
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
351
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 351 | 22.3 | 15.7:1 | 99% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 29.6 | 12.3:1 | 100% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 31.4 | 11.3:1 | 100% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 100% (372) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 25.7 | 16.4:1 | 100% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 100% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 75% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 61% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 32 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Park Elementary.
About South Park Elementary
South Park Elementary is a small elementary school with its address in VICKSBURG, Mississippi. The school counted 351 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6. That is 21% below the average of about 446 students for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Vicksburg Warren School District runs South Park Elementary along with 13 other schools, enrolling 6,610 students in total.
About 60% of the student body at South Park Elementary is Black. The remaining students are 32% White and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Warren County, the Black share is about 49%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Park Elementary is 15.7:1, based on 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Warren County is similar, at 100%.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, South Park Elementary outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
South Park Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.9%) and its predicted rate (44.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Warren County show that median household income comes to about $59,401, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The county's public schools total 16, with about 6,610 students.
Dana Road Elementary is about 4.9 miles from South Park Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 2. South Park Elementary comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
In 2020-21, South Park Elementary enrolled 372 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 351. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.3:1 to 15.7:1.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,020
Census ACS
Median income
$59,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,610 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vicksburg Warren School District
- Warren Central HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Vicksburg High SchoolHigh · 785 students
- Beechwood ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- Warren Central Junior HighMiddle · 525 students
- Vicksburg Junior HighMiddle · 409 students
- Dana Road ElementaryElementary · 403 students
Other schools in VICKSBURG
- Warren Central HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Vicksburg High SchoolHigh · 785 students
- Beechwood ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- Warren Central Junior HighMiddle · 525 students
- Vicksburg Junior HighMiddle · 409 students
- Dana Road ElementaryElementary · 403 students
Other South Park Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named South Park Elementary. South Park Elementary is the 4th largest of the 8.
- South Park ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 825 students
- South Park ElementaryMemphis, TN · 462 students
- South Park Elementary SchoolDeerfield, IL · 424 students
- South Park Elementary - 03Belle Fourche, SD · 347 students
- South Park Elementary - 16Rapid City, SD · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Dana Road Elementary4.9 mi · 403
- Vicksburg Intermediate4.9 mi · 387
- Beechwood Elementary5.5 mi · 550
- Warren Central High5.7 mi · 1,145
- Warrenton Elementary6.2 mi · 311
- Vicksburg High School6.4 mi · 785
Frequently asked questions
About South Park ElementaryHow large is South Park Elementary?
South Park Elementary enrolls approximately 351 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does South Park Elementary serve?
South Park Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Park Elementary is approximately 15.7:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at South Park Elementary?
Student demographics at South Park Elementary are roughly 32% White, 1% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees South Park Elementary?
South Park Elementary is overseen by Vicksburg Warren School District in Warren County.
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