📍 7922 US Highway 11 S, Lumberton, Lamar County, 39455
Lumberton Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lumberton, Lamar County. The school has 292 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lamar County School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lumberton Elementary enrolls 292 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 42% Black or African American and 9.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 136 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 123 | 42% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 9.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
289 of the school's 292 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 249 qualify for free lunch and 40 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lumberton Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 106.
Lumberton 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 292 students, Lumberton Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 607 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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