Utica Elem Mid School

Located at 260 HWY 18 & 27, in Utica, Mississippi, Utica Elem Mid School is a close-knit elementary school that teaches 304 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Hinds County School District. Enrollment runs roughly 32% leaner than the state mean of about 446.

Hinds County School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,940 students; Utica Elem Mid School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Utica Elem Mid School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). The remainder consists of 9% Hispanic, 7% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Hinds County's rate of about 88%.

In the area at large, census data for Hinds County shows median household income runs about $49,402, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Hinds County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), Utica Elem Mid School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Williams School, roughly 10.5 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Utica Elem Mid School has fell 13%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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