📍 506 Washington Street, Moorhead, Sunflower County, 38761
Moorhead Central School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Moorhead, Sunflower County. The school has 215 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sunflower Cty Cons School District school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Moorhead Central School enrolls 215 students across grades K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American and 2.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 209 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 2.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
215 of the school's 215 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 215 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Moorhead Central School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-20, state senate district 13, state house district 31.
Moorhead Central School is one of 13 schools in Sunflower County Consolidated School District, based in INDIANOLA, Mississippi. The district serves 2,807 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 215 students, Moorhead Central School is close to the district average of about 216 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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