Ripley Elementary School

Set in Ripley, Mississippi, Ripley Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary campus, overseen by South Tippah School District. It teaches 611 students across grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 37% bigger than the state mean of about 446.

Across the 5 schools in South Tippah School District (2,403 students total), Ripley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ripley Elementary School shows that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 24% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 85% of students at Ripley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, Tippah County reports that median household income runs about $52,542, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Tippah County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,623 students), Ripley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Ripley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 705 students in 2018 compared to 611 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 12% to 20%.

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