South Pontotoc Elementary School

As a big primary school in Pontotoc, Mississippi, South Pontotoc Elementary School enrolls 776 students from grades K through 5, run under PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so South Pontotoc Elementary School sits 74% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,465 students total), South Pontotoc Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Pontotoc Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Pontotoc County's rate of about 88%.

In the broader community, Pontotoc County reports that median household income runs about $51,484, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pontotoc County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,865 students), of which South Pontotoc Elementary School is one.

South Pontotoc Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 803 students in 2018 compared to 776 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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