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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH TIPPAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280327000640
Walnut Attendance Center
280 Commerce St., WALNUT, MS 38683 · (662) 223-6471 · Tippah County
GRADES KG–13ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
351 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 47 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 51% smaller than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
40.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -7.7pp since 2023
Math
49.4%
MS avg 52.8% . -11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 11 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 60.8% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Walnut Attendance Center
Walnut Attendance Center's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Attendance Center this school | 480 | 73.1% | 61.5% |
| Pope School Pope | 549 | 73.6% | 57.4% |
| Burnsville Elementary School Burnsville | 410 | 74.4% | 42.8% |
| McLaurin Elementary Florence | 504 | 75.2% | 65.6% |
| Hancock North Central School Kiln | 404 | 69.8% | 76.5% |
| Myrtle Attendance Center MYRTLE | 698 | 73.2% | 76.8% |
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 Walnut Attendance Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #154 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #219 of 439 ▼ 71 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #285 of 439 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #160 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #106 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #261 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #299 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #278 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
480
-52 (-10%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 480 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 73% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 37.3 | 13.1:1 | 62% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 38.1 | 13.3:1 | 99% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 99% (529) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 34.8 | 14.1:1 | 69% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 76% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 74% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 62% (280) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Attendance Center.
About Walnut Attendance Center
Walnut Attendance Center is a mid-sized elementary school in Mississippi, with an address in WALNUT. It reports enrollment of 480 students in kindergarten through 13.
Walnut Attendance Center reports to North Tippah School District, which has 3 schools and 1,220 students.
By race and ethnicity, Walnut Attendance Center is 80% White. Next come 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. In Tippah County overall, the White share is about 76%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Walnut Attendance Center, there are about 13.7 students; the school has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 73%.
Walnut Attendance Center earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 62% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Walnut Attendance Center is +3.9 points: 61.5% actual, 57.6% predicted.
For the population of Tippah County, median household income comes to about $52,542, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tippah County's 9 public schools enroll about 3,623 students and include Walnut Attendance Center.
Chalybeate Elementary, about 2.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Walnut Attendance Center is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Walnut Attendance Center in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 10% over 4 years, reaching 480 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.3:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Tippah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,523
Census ACS
Median income
$52,542
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,623 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Tippah School District
- Falkner Attendance CenterElementary · 476 students
- Chalybeate ElementaryElementary · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Chalybeate Elementary2.3 mi · 264
- Falkner Attendance Center7.4 mi · 476
- Middleton High School8.1 mi · 410
- Middleton Elementary8.8 mi · 349
- Ripley Elementary School14.8 mi · 611
- Ripley Middle School15.5 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Attendance CenterHow many students attend Walnut Attendance Center?
Walnut Attendance Center enrolls approximately 480 students in grades KG-13.
Is Walnut Attendance Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walnut Attendance Center is an elementary school covering grades KG-13.
How many teachers does Walnut Attendance Center have?
Walnut Attendance Center employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walnut Attendance Center?
At Walnut Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 80% White, 3% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Walnut Attendance Center public or private?
Walnut Attendance Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Tippah School District.
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