📍 520 S Thomas Street, Tupelo, Lee County, 38801
Thomas Street Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tupelo, Lee County. The school has 402 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tupelo Public School Dist school district. It serves grades K–2 in a small-town setting. The school employs 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thomas Street Elementary School enrolls 402 students across grades K–2. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 30% White and 6.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 223 | 55% |
| White | 120 | 30% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 5.7% |
| Asian | 10 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
399 of the school's 402 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 254 qualify for free lunch and 145 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thomas Street 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 7, state house district 17.
Thomas Street 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 402 students, Thomas Street Elementary School is smaller than 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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