Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST BOLIVAR CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280018501426
West Bolivar Elementary
1212 South Main Street, Rosedale, MS 38769 · (662) 759-3823 · Bolivar County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
13.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
242 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
22.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
15.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.6% | 15.8% |
| 2023-24 | 15.2% | 9.9% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 West Bolivar Elementary
West Bolivar Elementary's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bolivar Elementary this school | 242 | 100.0% | 25.3% |
| Isable Elementary School Jackson | 244 | 100.0% | 28.5% |
| Key Elementary School Jackson | 259 | 100.0% | 29.5% |
| Kennedy Elementary School MCCOMB | 232 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
| R.H. Bearden Elementary SUMNER | 251 | 98.8% | 33.3% |
| Ruleville Central Elementary RULEVILLE | 271 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
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 West Bolivar Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Bolivar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #416 of 428 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #425 of 439 ▲ 10 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #417 of 439 ▲ 20 | #9 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #379 of 453 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #67 of 408 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.4% | #357 of 409 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 444 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #190 of 296 | #9 of 10 |
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
242
-50 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 242 | 18.6 | 13.0:1 | 100% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 20.9 | 12.2:1 | 100% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 21.1 | 12.3:1 | 100% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 100% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 17.9 | 15.1:1 | 100% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 282 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 100% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Bolivar Elementary.
About West Bolivar Elementary
West Bolivar Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Rosedale, Mississippi. It teaches 242 students in kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in Mississippi have about 446 students on average; enrollment here is 46% lower.
Across its 4 schools, West Bolivar Consolidated School District enrolls 873 students. West Bolivar Elementary is one of those schools.
Black students are 93% of those enrolled at West Bolivar Elementary. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. In Bolivar County overall, about 63% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at West Bolivar Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, West Bolivar Elementary has a ratio of 13.0:1. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Bolivar County.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, West Bolivar Elementary outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
West Bolivar Elementary falls short of its prediction by 18.8 points. The model expects 44.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Mississippi; the school's rate is 25.3%.
Census data for Bolivar County show the median household earns about $39,585 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 27% of people live in poverty. Counting West Bolivar Elementary, Bolivar County has 19 public schools.
West Bolivar Elementary's nearest public school is West Bolivar High School (less than a tenth of a mile). By average proficiency, West Bolivar Elementary is 9th among 9 schools close by.
West Bolivar Elementary is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
The school shrank from 292 students in 2020-21 to 242 in 2024-25.
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Bolivar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,534
Census ACS
Median income
$39,585
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
27%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
4,415 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Bolivar Consolidated School District
- West Bolivar High SchoolHigh · 227 students
- McEvans Elementary SchoolElementary · 204 students
- Shaw High SchoolHigh · 200 students
- JOE BARNES VOCATIONAL CENTERHigh
- MCEVANS SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in Rosedale
- West Bolivar High SchoolHigh · 227 students
- JOE BARNES VOCATIONAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- West Bolivar High School0.1 mi · 227
- Northside High School16.7 mi · 370
- Hayes Cooper Center17.3 mi · 304
- I. T. Montgomery Elementary School17.5 mi · 185
- Parks Elementary School18.2 mi · 265
- Pearman Elementary School18.5 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About West Bolivar ElementaryHow large is West Bolivar Elementary?
West Bolivar Elementary enrolls approximately 242 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does West Bolivar Elementary serve?
West Bolivar Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at West Bolivar Elementary?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at West Bolivar Elementary.
What is the student diversity at West Bolivar Elementary?
Student demographics at West Bolivar Elementary are roughly 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 93% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is West Bolivar Elementary in?
West Bolivar Elementary is part of West Bolivar Consolidated School District.
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