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If you had an hour of school board time for ST MARTIN UPPER ELEMENTARY, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280216001047
St. Martin Upper Elementary
11000 YellowJacket Blvd, St. Martin, MS 39564 · (228) 283-3555 · Jackson County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest 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
15.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
393 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 297 | 50% |
| Grade 5 | 303 | 51% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
59.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
55.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 55.4% |
% 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
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 St. Martin Upper Elementary
St. Martin Upper Elementary's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Martin Upper Elementary this school | 600 | 65.5% | 61.1% |
| St. Martin East Elementary Ocean Springs | 704 | 60.1% | 65.5% |
| St. Martin North Elementary Biloxi | 537 | 72.6% | 72.0% |
| Bramlett Elementary School Oxford | 715 | 53.6% | 74.2% |
| CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE Biloxi | 996 | 60.7% | 77.1% |
| Flowood Elementary Flowood | 458 | 50.9% | 67.0% |
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 St. Martin Upper Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #159 of 428 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #180 of 439 ▲ 12 | #15 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #118 of 439 ▲ 64 | #10 of 21 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #96 of 453 | #4 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #261 of 408 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #78 of 409 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #358 of 444 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #122 of 296 | #4 of 14 |
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
600
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 600 | 38.1 | 15.8:1 | 66% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 66% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 100% (623) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 100% (635) |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 43.3 | 16.9:1 | 71% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 71% (469) |
| 2010-11 | 690 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 67% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 29 | 19.6:1 | 41% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 27 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Martin Upper Elementary.
About St. Martin Upper Elementary
In St. Martin, Mississippi, St. Martin Upper Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers grades 4 through 5 and reported 600 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Mississippi enroll around 446, and this school is 35% above that mark.
St. Martin Upper Elementary is a school in Jackson County School District. The district has 13 schools and 8,845 students.
Of every 100 students at St. Martin Upper Elementary, about 59 are White. The school is also 15% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
St. Martin Upper Elementary lists 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.8 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 66% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, St. Martin Upper Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 54% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
The model predicts 61.5% for a school in Mississippi with St. Martin Upper Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. St. Martin Upper Elementary posts 61.1%.
In Jackson County, home to about 145,249 people, the median household earns about $66,201 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. St. Martin Upper Elementary shares Jackson County with 45 other public schools.
St. Martin Upper Elementary is about 0.1 miles from St. Martin Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, St. Martin Upper Elementary is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns St. Martin Upper Elementary the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 38 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,249
Census ACS
Median income
$66,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
22,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson County School District
- St. Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- St. Martin Middle SchoolMiddle · 946 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Vancleave High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- St. Martin East ElementaryElementary · 704 students
- Vancleave Lower ElementaryElementary · 686 students
Nearby schools
- St. Martin Middle School0.1 mi · 946
- St. Martin High School0.3 mi · 1,289
- Ocean Springs Upper Elementary1.8 mi · 1,284
- Oak Park Elementary1.8 mi · 467
- Pecan Park Elementary1.8 mi · 486
- St. Martin East Elementary2.3 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About St. Martin Upper ElementaryHow many students attend St. Martin Upper Elementary?
St. Martin Upper Elementary enrolls approximately 600 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does St. Martin Upper Elementary serve?
St. Martin Upper Elementary serves grades 04-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St. Martin Upper Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St. Martin Upper Elementary is approximately 15.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at St. Martin Upper Elementary?
At St. Martin Upper Elementary, the student body is approximately 59% White, 11% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is St. Martin Upper Elementary public or private?
St. Martin Upper Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.