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Enrollment
722
Elementary
DISTRICT 681 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000198
Walls Elementary School
6131 Elias Johnson Jr. Drive, Walls, MS 38680 · (662) 781-1280 · DeSoto County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL722 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
498 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 10 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
36.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
31.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 31.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 44.0% |
% 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Walls Elementary School
Walls Elementary School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walls Elementary School this school | 722 | 69.0% | 45.4% |
| Hope Sullivan Elementary School Southaven | 563 | 72.3% | 39.3% |
| Pearl Lower Elementary PEARL | 763 | 69.9% | 70.6% |
| Northside Elementary PEARL | 665 | 69.6% | 68.0% |
| Pearl Upper School PEARL | 608 | 68.9% | 65.2% |
| Southaven Intermediate School Southaven | 1,046 | 68.6% | 56.0% |
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 Walls Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #300 of 428 | #18 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #362 of 439 ▼ 87 | #22 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #324 of 439 ▼ 47 | #19 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 722 | #54 of 453 | #9 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #209 of 408 | #2 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #58 of 409 | #10 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #332 of 444 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #257 of 296 | #13 of 15 |
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
722
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 725
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 722 | 48 | 15.1:1 | 69% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 56.8 | 12.8:1 | 71% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 55.4 | 13.0:1 | 100% (715) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 100% (709) |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 47.3 | 15.9:1 | 81% (607) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 47 | 15.9:1 | 81% (605) |
| 2010-11 | 690 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 78% (536) |
| 2000-01 | 757 | 43 | 17.6:1 | 28% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 725 | 39 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walls Elementary School.
About Walls Elementary School
In Walls, Mississippi, part of DeSoto County, Walls Elementary School is an elementary school. The school has 722 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Mississippi average about 446 students, which makes this school 62% bigger than average.
DeSoto County School District is the district for Walls Elementary School. It has 39 schools and 34,934 students.
At Walls Elementary School, 51% of students are Black. The school is also 27% White, 16% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 33% Black share among all DeSoto County residents. The diversity index for Walls Elementary School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 498 students, or 69%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in DeSoto County, the average is 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, Walls Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Walls Elementary School, the prediction is 59.7% and the result is 45.4%.
In the wider DeSoto County area, the median household earns about $85,297 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across DeSoto County, 43 public schools serve about 34,934 students.
Lake Cormorant Middle School, about 3.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Walls Elementary School, there are 4 other public schools. Walls Elementary School is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (712) and 2024-25 (722). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.1:1, from 16.9:1.
The discussion board for Walls Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other Walls Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Walls Elementary. Walls Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Walls Elementary SchoolKent, OH · 355 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Cormorant Middle School3.1 mi · 707
- Lake Cormorant Elementary3.1 mi · 635
- Lake Cormorant High School3.6 mi · 991
- Horn Lake Intermediate School5.0 mi · 914
- Shadow Oaks Elementary School5.3 mi · 423
- Double Tree Elementary5.8 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Walls Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Walls Elementary School?
Walls Elementary School enrolls approximately 722 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Walls Elementary School serve?
Walls Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Walls Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Walls Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Walls Elementary School?
Student demographics at Walls Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 16% Hispanic, 51% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Walls Elementary School public or private?
Walls Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeSoto County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.