Elementary · Mississippi
Petal Primary School
Petal Primary School, a public elementary school in Petal, Mississippi: grades pre-k–2, 1,016 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Petal School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 1,016
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.6
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- Grades
- Pre-K–2
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 72% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 14.9 · 423 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 96% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 403 · 428 schools compared
Larger than 99% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–2
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Petal School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Petal School District.
Location
- Address
- 60 Herrington Road, Petal, MS 39465
- Phone
- (601)554-7244
- City or town
- Petal
- County
- Forrest County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3–4 | 636 | 13.3 | |
Hawkins ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 283 | 12.3 |
| K–5 | 173 | 10.0 | |
Rowan ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 425 | 16.7 |
| Pre-K–8 | 261 | 9.7 | |
Grace Christian ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 367 | 16.4 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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