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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HATTIESBURG·NCES 280180000311
Thames Elementary
2900 JAMESTOWN ROAD, HATTIESBURG, MS 39402 · (601) 582-6655 · Forrest County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
619 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 44 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 59% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hattiesburg. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.5%
MS avg 45.9% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 50.5% |
% 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
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Thames Elementary
Thames Elementary's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Elementary this school | 619 | 100.0% | 55.6% |
| Amite County Elementary Liberty | 486 | 100.0% | 59.6% |
| Earl Nash Elementary MACON | 611 | 99.7% | 28.9% |
| O'Bannon Elementary School Greenville | 543 | 99.4% | 50.5% |
| Winona Elementary School Winona | 567 | 99.5% | 52.2% |
| McCoy Elementary School Yazoo City | 844 | 99.6% | 27.4% |
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 Thames Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Forrest County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #214 of 428 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #246 of 439 ▼ 12 | #10 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #233 of 439 ▼ 32 | #9 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #87 of 453 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #231 of 408 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #210 of 409 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #44 of 444 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #87 of 90 | N/A |
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
619
+131 (+27%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 1,066
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 619 | 40.6 | 15.3:1 | 100% (619) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 44 | 12.2:1 | 100% (537) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 46.1 | 11.5:1 | 100% (532) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 100% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 41.7 | 14.8:1 | 100% (615) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 100% (687) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 77% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 42 | 12.6:1 | 77% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 1,066 | 67 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thames Elementary.
About Thames Elementary
Thames Elementary, located in HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, is a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 619 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 446-student average for elementary schools in Mississippi, enrollment here is 39% higher.
The 8 schools in Hattiesburg enroll 3,918 students altogether, Thames Elementary among them.
Thames Elementary's enrollment is 73% Black. The next largest groups are 18% multiracial, 4% White, and 4% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 37 points above the 36% share among Forrest County residents. Thames Elementary has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.3:1. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is about 15.9:1. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The rate at public schools in Forrest County averages 79%, lower than here.
Thames Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Mississippi schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Thames Elementary's results are 11.5 points above predicted: 55.6% against 44.1%.
In Forrest County (population about 78,272), median household income is about $53,640, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. A total of 21 public schools operate in Forrest County, serving about 10,857 students.
The closest public school to Thames Elementary is Woodley Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Thames Elementary comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 488 in 2020-21 and 619 in 2024-25, a 27% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.5:1 in 2020-21 to 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Forrest County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,272
Census ACS
Median income
$53,640
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
10,857 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hattiesburg
- Hattiesburg High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- N R Burger MiddleMiddle · 525 students
- Rowan ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- Woodley ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Grace Christian ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Hawkins ElementaryElementary · 283 students
Other schools in HATTIESBURG
- Oak Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Bellevue ElementaryElementary · 1,145 students
- Hattiesburg High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Longleaf ElementaryElementary · 787 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Woodley Elementary1.1 mi · 422
- Grace Christian Elementary1.8 mi · 367
- Hattiesburg High School2.0 mi · 1,014
- Rowan Elementary2.3 mi · 425
- Hawkins Elementary2.6 mi · 283
- N R Burger Middle2.7 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About Thames ElementaryHow large is Thames Elementary?
Thames Elementary enrolls approximately 619 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Thames Elementary serve?
Thames Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Thames Elementary have?
Thames Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Thames Elementary?
Thames Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 4% Hispanic, 73% Black, 1% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Thames Elementary?
Thames Elementary is overseen by Hattiesburg in Forrest County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.