Elementary · Mississippi
Purvis Upper Elementary
Purvis Upper Elementary, a public elementary school in Purvis, Mississippi: grades 3–5, 377 students, 13.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lamar County 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
- 377
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.8
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- Grades
- 3–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 14.9 · 423 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 403 · 428 schools compared
Smaller than 58% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 3–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lamar County School District.
Location
- Address
- 310 Mitchell, Purvis, MS 39475
- Phone
- (601)794-1038
- City or town
- Purvis
- County
- Lamar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–2 | 448 | 15.0 | |
| Pre-K–8 | 487 | 12.0 | |
| Pre-K–6 | 287 | 11.3 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 758 | 13.0 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 1,145 | 13.8 | |
| Pre-K–8 | 217 | 9.4 |
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.
NCES 280240001322