Southeast Elementary School

Set in Meridian, Mississippi, Southeast Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school, one of the schools within Lauderdale County School District. It caters to 562 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Southeast Elementary School sits 26% above that benchmark.

Lauderdale County School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,940 students; Southeast Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Southeast Elementary School shows that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 30% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Southeast Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lauderdale County) logs that median household earnings sit near $50,817, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southeast Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Lauderdale County (combined enrollment of about 10,325 students).

Nearest neighbor: Southeast Lauderdale High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Southeast Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.