📍 720 West Jefferson, Tupelo, Lee County, 38804
Milam Elementary School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tupelo, Lee County. The school has 557 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tupelo Public School Dist school district. It serves grades 6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Milam Elementary School enrolls 557 students across grades 6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 33% White and 5.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 297 | 53% |
| White | 183 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 19 | 3.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
554 of the school's 557 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 371 qualify for free lunch and 183 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Milam 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 17.
Milam 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 557 students, Milam 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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