Elementary · Mississippi
Thames Elementary
Free meals for allThames Elementary, a public elementary school in Hattiesburg, Mississippi: grades pre-k–5, 619 students, 15.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hattiesburg.
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
- 619
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.6
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 58% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 14.9 · 423 schools compared
More students per teacher than 58% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 80% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 403 · 428 schools compared
Larger than 82% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Mississippi's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Mississippi: 47%48%proficient
−9.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 52% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 48% · 371 elementary schools compared
243 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Mississippi: 52%45%proficient
−5.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 58% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 49% · 371 elementary schools compared
243 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Hattiesburg
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hattiesburg.
Location
- Address
- 2900 Jamestown Road, Hattiesburg, MS 39402
- Phone
- (601)582-6655
- City or town
- Hattiesburg
- 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 | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woodley ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 422 | 15.8 | 64% | 67% |
Grace Christian ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 367 | 16.4 | 53% | 61% |
Rowan ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 425 | 16.7 | 63% | 59% |
Hawkins ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 283 | 12.3 | 40% | 41% |
| Pre-K–5 | 787 | 14.4 | 70% | 59% | |
| Pre-K–6 | 214 | 11.9 | 43% | 59% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
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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