📍 412 Drury Lane, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, 39601
Lipsey School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Brookhaven, Lincoln County. The school has 364 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Brookhaven School Dist school district. It serves grades 5–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lipsey School enrolls 364 students across grades 5–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Black or African American, 25% White and 5.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 245 | 67% |
| White | 90 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
361 of the school's 364 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 302 qualify for free lunch and 59 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lipsey School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-30, state senate district 39, state house district 92.
Lipsey School is one of 7 schools in Brookhaven School District, based in Brookhaven, Mississippi. The district serves 2,429 students district-wide and employs 202 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 364 students, Lipsey School is close to the district average of about 347 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote