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Shirley Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jackson, Hinds County. The school has 174 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jackson Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shirley Elementary School enrolls 174 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Black or African American, 4% Two or more races and 3.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 161 | 93% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 4% |
| White | 6 | 3.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
174 of the school's 174 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 174 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.
Shirley Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 71.
Shirley Elementary School is one of 54 schools in Jackson Public Schools, based in JACKSON, Mississippi. The district serves 17,429 students district-wide and employs 1,470 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 174 students, Shirley Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 323 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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