Weir Elementary School

Weir Elementary School is a K-5 school of one-room-style scale in Weir, Mississippi, run under Choctaw County Schools, educateing 142 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

Weir Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Choctaw County Schools, a district that serves 1,233 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Weir Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% White, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Weir Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 60.7%, a residual of +16.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Choctaw County indicate the typical household earns roughly $50,919 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Weir Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Choctaw County (combined enrollment of about 1,233 students).

French Camp Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.6 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Weir Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 159 students in 2018 compared to 142 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 67% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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