📍 100 Hwy 19 East AVE, Ripley, Lauderdale County, 38063
Ripley Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ripley, Lauderdale County. The school has 480 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lauderdale County school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 14% of students are proficient in reading. 9% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ripley Elementary enrolls 480 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 38% White and 6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 255 | 53% |
| White | 182 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Ripley Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-80, state senate district 27, state house district 82.
Ripley Elementary is one of 7 schools in Lauderdale County, based in Ripley, Tennessee. The district serves 3,277 students district-wide and employs 242 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 480 students, Ripley Elementary is close to the district average of about 468 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant