📍 285 Highway 469 North, Florence, Rankin County, 39073
Florence Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Florence, Rankin County. The school has 542 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rankin Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 63% of students are proficient in reading. 71% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Florence Elementary School enrolls 542 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 11% Black or African American and 4.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 455 | 84% |
| Black or African American | 60 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 4.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
539 of the school's 542 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 245 qualify for free lunch and 294 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Florence Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 35, state house district 62.
Florence 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 542 students, Florence 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 - Fringe
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