Enrollment
254
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TISHOMINGO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280426000805
Tishomingo Elementary School
34 A Monroe St, Tishomingo, MS 38873 · (662) 438-6800 · Tishomingo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL254 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- B-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
10.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
201 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 52.9% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Tishomingo Elementary School
Tishomingo Elementary School's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tishomingo Elementary School this school | 254 | 79.1% | 56.7% |
| Chalybeate Elementary Walnut | 264 | 78.8% | 58.9% |
| Topeka - Tilton School Monticello | 298 | 80.2% | 51.3% |
| Baxterville School Lumberton | 217 | 77.9% | 61.5% |
| Biggersville Elementary CORINTH | 354 | 77.7% | 58.9% |
| West Hancock Elementary Picayune | 349 | 75.1% | 72.6% |
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 Tishomingo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #198 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #277 of 439 ▼ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #186 of 439 ▲ 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 254 | #364 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #5 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #303 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #256 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #173 of 296 |
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
254
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 254 | 25.1 | 10.1:1 | 79% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 27 | 10.0:1 | 69% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 27 | 9.2:1 | 99% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 23 | 11.0:1 | 99% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 289 | 20.2 | 14.3:1 | 77% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 78% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 80% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 52% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 30 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tishomingo Elementary School.
About Tishomingo Elementary School
Tishomingo Elementary School is an elementary school in Tishomingo, Mississippi, reachable at (662) 438-6800. It covers kindergarten through 8, with a total enrollment of 254 students. Enrollment is 43% lower than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi, which is about 446.
Tishomingo Elementary School is in Tishomingo County School District, a district with 2,844 students across 6 schools.
Tishomingo Elementary School's enrollment is 85% White. The next largest groups are 11% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 10.1 students per teacher and 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 68% average for public schools in Tishomingo County.
Tishomingo Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 53% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Tishomingo Elementary School would be expected to post about 54.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Tishomingo County show that the median household income is $53,040, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Tishomingo Elementary School, Tishomingo County has 7 other public schools.
Belmont Schools is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.6 miles away. Tishomingo Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.7% against a local average of 62.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment at Tishomingo Elementary School was 253 in 2020-21 and 254 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Tishomingo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,660
Census ACS
Median income
$53,040
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,844 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tishomingo County School District
- Belmont SchoolsCombined · 855 students
- Tishomingo Co. High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Iuka Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Burnsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Iuka Middle SchoolMiddle · 333 students
- TISH. CO. CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTHigh
Other schools in Tishomingo
Other Tishomingo Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Tishomingo Elementary. Tishomingo Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Tishomingo Elementary SchoolTishomingo, OK · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Belmont Schools8.6 mi · 855
- New Site High School11.8 mi · 239
- Iuka Middle School12.2 mi · 333
- Tishomingo Co. High School12.3 mi · 578
- Hills Chapel School13.1 mi · 398
- Iuka Elementary School13.2 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Tishomingo Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tishomingo Elementary School?
Tishomingo Elementary School enrolls approximately 254 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Tishomingo Elementary School serve?
Tishomingo Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tishomingo Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tishomingo Elementary School is approximately 10.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tishomingo Elementary School?
At Tishomingo Elementary School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Tishomingo Elementary School?
Tishomingo Elementary School is overseen by Tishomingo County School District in Tishomingo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.