📍 6341 Ridgewood Rd., Horn Lake, DeSoto County, 38637
Horn Lake Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Horn Lake, DeSoto County. The school has 451 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto Co School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a suburban setting. The school employs 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Horn Lake Elem enrolls 451 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Black or African American, 16% White and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 295 | 65% |
| White | 74 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 56 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
448 of the school's 451 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 356 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.
Horn Lake Elem is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 2, state house district 25.
Horn Lake Elem is one of 42 schools in DeSoto County School District, based in Hernando, Mississippi. The district serves 34,934 students district-wide and employs 2,367 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 451 students, Horn Lake Elem is smaller than the district average of about 832 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large