📍 6131 Delta View Road, Walls, DeSoto County, 38680
Walls Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Walls, DeSoto County. The school has 718 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto Co School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Walls Elementary School enrolls 718 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Black or African American, 32% White and 9.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 344 | 48% |
| White | 233 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 9.6% |
| Two or more races | 66 | 9.2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
715 of the school's 718 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 534 qualify for free lunch and 181 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Walls Elementary School 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-10, state senate district 1, state house district 25.
Walls Elementary School 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 718 students, Walls Elementary School is close to the district average of about 832 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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