WEST MARION ELEMENTARY

As a close-knit middle school in Foxworth, Mississippi, WEST MARION ELEMENTARY enrolls 234 students from grades 4 through 6, one of the schools within MARION CO SCHOOL DIST. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 452 students each, so WEST MARION ELEMENTARY sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

WEST MARION ELEMENTARY is a school of MARION CO SCHOOL DIST, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, WEST MARION ELEMENTARY shows that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest consists of 22% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, WEST MARION ELEMENTARY reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Marion County shows median household income runs about $45,110, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,667 students), WEST MARION ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WEST MARION HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

WEST MARION ELEMENTARY operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at WEST MARION ELEMENTARY has decreased 24%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 234 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 27% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2024.

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