📍 1563 Mitchell Road, Tupelo, Lee County, 38801
Lawndale Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tupelo, Lee County. The school has 387 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tupelo Public School Dist school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lawndale Elementary School enrolls 387 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Black or African American, 25% White and 8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 231 | 60% |
| White | 95 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 8% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
384 of the school's 387 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 290 qualify for free lunch and 94 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lawndale 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 16.
Lawndale 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 387 students, Lawndale 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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