📍 123 Starkville Street, Houston, Chickasaw County, 38851
Houston Lower Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Chickasaw County. The school has 485 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Chickasaw Co School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
Houston Lower Elementary enrolls 485 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 40% Black or African American and 7.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 242 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 194 | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
482 of the school's 485 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 390 qualify for free lunch and 92 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Houston Lower Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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-10, state senate district 8, state house district 22.
Houston Lower Elementary is one of 7 schools in Chickasaw County School District, based in Houston, Mississippi. The district serves 2,197 students district-wide and employs 187 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 485 students, Houston Lower Elementary is larger than the district average of about 314 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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