📍 1707 Craft Road, Olive Branch, DeSoto County, 38654
Lewisburg Primary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Olive Branch, DeSoto County. The school has 582 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto Co School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–1 in a rural setting. The school employs 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lewisburg Primary enrolls 582 students across grades Pre-K–1. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 9.3% Black or African American and 9.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 455 | 78% |
| Black or African American | 54 | 9.3% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 9.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
579 of the school's 582 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 130 qualify for free lunch and 449 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lewisburg Primary 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 28.
Lewisburg Primary 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 582 students, Lewisburg Primary is smaller than the district average of about 832 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe