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Which teacher or staff member at SOUTHAVEN ELEMENTARY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
681
Elementary
DISTRICT 681 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000195
Southaven Elementary School
8274 Claiborne Drive, Southaven, MS 38671 · (662) 342-2289 · DeSoto County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
16.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
534 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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
62%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
39.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
49.2%
MS avg 52.8% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 41.9% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Southaven Elementary School
Southaven Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven Elementary School this school | 681 | 78.4% | 45.3% |
| Hope Sullivan Elementary School Southaven | 563 | 72.3% | 39.3% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School Southaven | 556 | 70.0% | 55.7% |
| Horn Lake Elementary School HORN LAKE | 520 | 72.9% | 39.0% |
| Joyner Elementary School Tupelo | 444 | 71.8% | 55.9% |
| Horn Lake Intermediate School Horn Lake | 914 | 79.9% | 41.7% |
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 Southaven Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #302 of 428 | #19 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #223 of 439 ▲ 67 | #13 of 23 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #290 of 439 ▲ 22 | #18 of 23 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #70 of 453 | #11 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #291 of 408 | #10 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #65 of 409 | #11 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #262 of 444 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #199 of 296 | #7 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
681
+51 (+8%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
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 | 681 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 78% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 56.5 | 11.8:1 | 81% (540) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 53.7 | 12.7:1 | 100% (681) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 100% (627) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 47.8 | 15.6:1 | 89% (664) |
| 2015-16 | 768 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 88% (672) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 41 | 17.4:1 | 83% (591) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 28% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 34 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southaven Elementary School.
About Southaven Elementary School
Southaven Elementary School is a large elementary school found in Southaven, Mississippi. Enrollment is 681 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446 students, so this school is 53% bigger than average.
Southaven Elementary School is one school in a 39-school district, DeSoto County School District, which enrolls 34,934 students.
At Southaven Elementary School, Black students make up 55% of the student body. The remaining shares are 22% White, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. DeSoto County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 42 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.2:1. That matches the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi fairly closely. Eligible students account for 78% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 49% for public schools in DeSoto County.
The allk12 Grade for Southaven Elementary School is C-. Compared with Mississippi public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Southaven Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Mississippi is predicted to score 55.0%. Southaven Elementary School scores 45.3%, 9.7 points below that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in DeSoto County, the median household income is $85,297, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. There are 43 public schools in DeSoto County, enrolling about 34,934 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Southaven Middle School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Southaven Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 48.6%, higher than Southaven Elementary School's 45.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment gain, from 630 in 2020-21 to 681 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.3:1 to 16.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Southaven Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Southaven
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Southaven Intermediate SchoolElementary · 1,046 students
- DeSoto Central ElementaryElementary · 831 students
Nearby schools
- Southaven Middle School0.4 mi · 1,423
- Southaven High School0.5 mi · 1,876
- Hope Sullivan Elementary School0.8 mi · 563
- Southaven Intermediate School1.4 mi · 1,046
- Oakshire Elementary1.7 mi · 442
- Greenbrook Elementary School1.9 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Southaven Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Southaven Elementary School?
Southaven Elementary School enrolls approximately 681 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southaven Elementary School serve?
Southaven Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southaven Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southaven Elementary School is approximately 16.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Southaven Elementary School?
Southaven Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 13% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Southaven Elementary School public or private?
Southaven Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeSoto County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.