📍 452 Pittsboro Street, Houston, Chickasaw County, 38851
Houston Upper Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Chickasaw County. The school has 338 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Chickasaw Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
Houston Upper Elementary enrolls 338 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 41% Black or African American and 8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 162 | 48% |
| Black or African American | 139 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 8% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
335 of the school's 338 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 254 qualify for free lunch and 81 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 Upper 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 Upper 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 338 students, Houston Upper Elementary is close to 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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