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What's the most underrated thing about TAYLORSVILLE ATTENDANCE CENTER that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
572
Combined
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMITH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280402000762
Taylorsville Attendance Center
324 HESTER STREET, TAYLORSVILLE, MS 39168 · (601) 785-9711 · Smith County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 11.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
507 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 44 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
23.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
32.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 36.3% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Taylorsville Attendance Center
Taylorsville Attendance Center's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylorsville Attendance Center this school | 572 | 88.6% | 42.7% |
| Scott Central Attendance Center FOREST | 856 | 99.6% | 53.9% |
| Mt. Olive Attendance Center Mount Olive | 282 | 98.9% | 46.4% |
| Noxapater Attendance NOXAPATER | 473 | 68.9% | 58.1% |
| Houlka Attendance Center HOULKA | 457 | 72.9% | 56.8% |
| Blue Mountain High School Blue Mountain | 295 | 92.2% | 67.8% |
Matched among Mississippi K-12 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 Taylorsville Attendance Center ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #28 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #30 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #29 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #18 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #16 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #7 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #7 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #3 of 20 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
572
-110 (-16%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 950
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 572 | 46.6 | 12.3:1 | 89% (507) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 45.1 | 13.5:1 | 89% (540) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 45.1 | 13.9:1 | 100% (624) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 100% (679) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 47.1 | 15.4:1 | 72% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 754 | 47 | 16.0:1 | 73% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 855 | 53 | 16.1:1 | 67% (569) |
| 2000-01 | 941 | 59 | 15.9:1 | 58% (547) |
| 1990-91 | 950 | 54 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylorsville Attendance Center.
About Taylorsville Attendance Center
Taylorsville Attendance Center sits in TAYLORSVILLE, Mississippi, and is classified as a combined-grade school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 12, with 572 students enrolled.
Smith County School District runs 4 schools with a combined 2,538 students. Taylorsville Attendance Center is one of them.
Roughly 60% of students at Taylorsville Attendance Center are Black. The rest of enrollment is 34% White and 2% Hispanic. Among all residents of Smith County, the Black share is about 23%. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 46.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.3:1. That matches the 11.8:1 average for combined schools in Mississippi fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Taylorsville Attendance Center is 89%. The rate at public schools in Smith County averages 72%, lower than here.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.8% at Taylorsville Attendance Center; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.7%.
Federal survey data for Smith County show that the median household income is $60,916, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 10 public schools in Smith County, enrolling about 2,538 students in all.
The shortest distance from Taylorsville Attendance Center to another public school is about 7.7 miles, to Mize Attendance Center. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within ten miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Taylorsville Attendance Center ranks 8th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Taylorsville Attendance Center as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 16% from 2020-21, when Taylorsville Attendance Center had 682 students, to 2024-25, when it had 572. The ratio was 14.8:1 in 2020-21 and 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,132
Census ACS
Median income
$60,916
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,538 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Smith County School District
- Mize Attendance CenterCombined · 831 students
- Raleigh Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Raleigh High SchoolHigh · 486 students
- COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERCombined
- SMITH COUNTY CAREER CENTERHigh
- Mize Elementary SchoolElementary
Other schools in TAYLORSVILLE
- Taylorsville Elementary SchoolElementary
- Taylorsville High SchoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Mize Attendance Center7.7 mi · 831
- Hopewell Elementary School8.3 mi · 196
- Stringer Attendance Center10.0 mi · 579
- Raleigh High School12.3 mi · 486
- Bay Springs Middle School13.2 mi · 181
- Bay Springs Elementary School13.2 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Taylorsville Attendance CenterHow many students attend Taylorsville Attendance Center?
Taylorsville Attendance Center enrolls approximately 572 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Taylorsville Attendance Center serve?
Taylorsville Attendance Center serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Taylorsville Attendance Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Taylorsville Attendance Center is approximately 12.3:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Taylorsville Attendance Center?
At Taylorsville Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 34% White, 2% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Taylorsville Attendance Center in?
Taylorsville Attendance Center is part of Smith County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.