📍 401 Dogwood St., Collins, Covington County, 39428
Collins Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Collins, Covington County. The school has 368 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Covington County School District school district. It serves grades K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Collins Elementary enrolls 368 students across grades K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Black or African American, 19% White and 7.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 242 | 66% |
| White | 70 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 7.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
368 of the school's 368 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 368 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.
Collins Elementary 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-30, state senate district 41, state house district 90.
Collins Elementary is one of 10 schools in Covington County School District, based in Collins, Mississippi. The district serves 2,492 students district-wide and employs 239 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 368 students, Collins Elementary is larger than the district average of about 249 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant