📍 7241 Gary Road, Jackson, Hinds County, 39272
Gary Road Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jackson, Hinds County. The school has 672 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hinds Co School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 52.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gary Road Elementary enrolls 672 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 52.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Black or African American, 7.1% White and 2.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 592 | 88% |
| White | 48 | 7.1% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
669 of the school's 672 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 501 qualify for free lunch and 168 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gary Road Elementary 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 29, state house district 66.
Gary Road Elementary is one of 11 schools in Hinds County School District, based in Raymond, Mississippi. The district serves 4,940 students district-wide and employs 381 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 672 students, Gary Road Elementary is larger than the district average of about 449 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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