Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280219000417
Van Winkle Elementary School
1655 Whiting Rd, Jackson, MS 39209 · (601) 923-2547 · Hinds County
GRADES PK–PKELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
275 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 275 | 100% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
28.7%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
21.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.7% | 21.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.4% | 23.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Van Winkle Elementary School
Van Winkle Elementary School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Winkle Elementary School this school | 275 | 100.0% | 26.8% |
| Threadgill Elementary Greenwood | 295 | 100.0% | 21.6% |
| Como Primary School COMO | 267 | 98.9% | 24.6% |
| Ruleville Central Elementary RULEVILLE | 271 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
| Timberlawn Elementary School Jackson | 295 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| Sale Elementary School Columbus | 290 | 100.0% | 46.0% |
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 Van Winkle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #411 of 428 | #29 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #408 of 439 ▼ 11 | #25 of 38 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #385 of 439 ▼ 10 | #24 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #342 of 453 | #29 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #238 of 408 | #14 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #347 of 409 | #16 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #69 of 444 | #24 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #91 of 296 | #10 of 22 |
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
275
+219 (+391%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 3.7:1
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 | 275 | 17.9 | 15.4:1 | 100% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 14.5 | 15.8:1 | 100% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 19.5 | 10.8:1 | 100% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 56 | 15 | 3.7:1 | 100% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 20.2 | 17.4:1 | 100% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 100% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 88% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 24 | 18.8:1 | 81% (366) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 18 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Winkle Elementary School.
About Van Winkle Elementary School
The public elementary school Van Winkle Elementary School is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school serves 275 students in pre-K in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Mississippi is roughly 446 students; this school is 38% smaller than that.
Jackson Public Schools oversees Van Winkle Elementary School and 44 other schools, with 19,765 students in total.
The large majority of students at Van Winkle Elementary School, 91%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 9% multiracial. Among all residents of Hinds County, the Black share is about 72%. The chance that two students picked at random at Van Winkle Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Federal data list 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Van Winkle Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hinds County is 88%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Van Winkle Elementary School is 44.1%. It actually posts 26.8%, which is 17.3 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
Hinds County census figures show that median household income is about $49,402, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. A total of 84 public schools operate in Hinds County, serving about 32,870 students.
Clausell Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Van Winkle Elementary School is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Van Winkle Elementary School reported 56 students in 2020-21 and 275 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Federal data show the ratio rising from 3.7:1 to 15.4:1.
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
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- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
Nearby schools
- Clausell Elementary School1.5 mi · 231
- Cardozo Middle School1.6 mi · 531
- Bates Elementary School1.6 mi · 482
- WINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 590
- Wilkins Elementary School2.1 mi · 434
- Ambition Preparatory Charter School2.1 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Van Winkle Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Van Winkle Elementary School?
Van Winkle Elementary School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades PK-PK.
What age range does Van Winkle Elementary School serve?
Van Winkle Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade PK.
How many students per teacher at Van Winkle Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Van Winkle Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Van Winkle Elementary School?
At Van Winkle Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% Hispanic, 91% Black, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Van Winkle Elementary School?
Van Winkle Elementary School is overseen by Jackson Public Schools in Hinds County.
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