📍 140 Lake Street, Tupelo, Lee County, 38804
Lawhon Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tupelo, Lee County. The school has 527 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tupelo Public School Dist school district. It serves grades 2–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lawhon Elementary School enrolls 527 students across grades 2–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 31% White and 5.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 280 | 53% |
| White | 166 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 26 | 4.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
524 of the school's 527 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 354 qualify for free lunch and 170 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lawhon Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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-10, state senate district 6, state house district 16.
Lawhon Elementary School is one of 14 schools in Tupelo Public School District, based in Tupelo, Mississippi. The district serves 7,192 students district-wide and employs 588 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 527 students, Lawhon Elementary School is close to the district average of about 514 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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