📍 213-B Brooks Street, Pelahatchie, Rankin County, 39145
Pelahatchie Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pelahatchie, Rankin County. The school has 405 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rankin Co School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 36% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pelahatchie Elementary School enrolls 405 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 18% Black or African American and 4.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 295 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 73 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
402 of the school's 405 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 291 qualify for free lunch and 111 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pelahatchie Elementary School 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-30, state senate district 20, state house district 75.
Pelahatchie Elementary School is one of 28 schools in Rankin County School District, based in Brandon, Mississippi. The district serves 18,196 students district-wide and employs 1,431 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 405 students, Pelahatchie Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 650 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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