📍 5279 W. 4th Street, Hattiesburg, Lamar County, 39402
Longleaf Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hattiesburg, Lamar County. The school has 712 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lamar County School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 61.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. 58% of students are proficient in reading. 59% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Longleaf Elementary enrolls 712 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 61.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 40% White and 7.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 319 | 45% |
| White | 284 | 40% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 7.6% |
| Asian | 33 | 4.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 2.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
709 of the school's 712 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 381 qualify for free lunch and 328 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Longleaf Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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-40, state senate district 44, state house district 101.
Longleaf Elementary is one of 17 schools in Lamar County School District, based in Purvis, Mississippi. The district serves 10,318 students district-wide and employs 806 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 712 students, Longleaf Elementary is larger than the district average of about 607 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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