📍 4784 Hwy 43 North, Camden, Madison County, 39045
Camden Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Camden, Madison County. The school has 108 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Madison Co School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.8:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Camden Elementary enrolls 108 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 41% male and 59% female. A teaching staff of 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American and 2.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 105 | 97% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
105 of the school's 108 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 102 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Camden 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-20, state senate district 21, state house district 27.
Camden Elementary is one of 23 schools in Madison County Schools, based in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The district serves 12,926 students district-wide and employs 1,013 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 108 students, Camden Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 562 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant