📍 453 Arrow Drive, Clinton, Hinds County, 39056
Eastside Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Clinton, Hinds County. The school has 761 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Clinton Public School Dist school district. It serves grades 4–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 50.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 63% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Eastside Elem enrolls 761 students across grades 4–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 50.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Black or African American, 30% White and 6.7% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 438 | 58% |
| White | 231 | 30% |
| Asian | 51 | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 2.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
758 of the school's 761 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 400 qualify for free lunch and 358 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Eastside Elem is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 26, state house district 56.
Eastside Elem is one of 9 schools in Clinton Public School District, based in Clinton, Mississippi. The district serves 5,148 students district-wide and employs 350 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 761 students, Eastside Elem is larger than the district average of about 572 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe