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Best Elementary Schools in Lamar County, MS

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At a glance

Schools

2,289

Students

Top rankedSumrall Elementary School84^th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Purvis Upper Elementary up 47 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Baxterville School 9.4 students per teacher

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MAAP English Language Arts (2026)				MAAP Mathematics (2026)				MAAP Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Science 5th Grade	Total
Baxterville School	Public	PK, KG-6	5531 Highway 11	Lumberton	39455	Lamar County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 796-4483	217	23	9.4	77.9%	205 (94.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.7%)	63.5	130^th of 377 public elementary schools	65.5%		76.6	72^nd of 383 public elementary schools	81.2%	58	45.8	53.4	63.2		60.8	53.3	47.4		78.9	$14,989
Purvis Lower Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	5976 U.S. Hwy. 11	Purvis	39475	Lamar County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 794-3302	448	30	15.0	54.2%	358 (79.9%)	51 (11.4%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.3%)								(n/a)										$10,479
Sumrall Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	198 Todd Rd.	Sumrall	39482	Lamar County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 758-4289	960	64	15.0	44.0%	820 (85.4%)	73 (7.6%)	25 (2.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.2%)	74.7	84^th of 377 public elementary schools	77.7%		84.7	45^th of 383 public elementary schools	88.3%	39	75.2	63.1	63.8		81.0	55.9	50.7		73.6	$9,949
Purvis Upper Elementary	Public	3-5	310 Mitchell	Purvis	39475	Lamar County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 794-2959	377	29	13.1	54.6%	308 (81.7%)	35 (9.3%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.6%)	61.5	145^th of 377 public elementary schools	61.5%		49.6	192^nd of 383 public elementary schools	49.9%	47	51.1	56.1	49.5		65.3	47.6	54.2		75.2	$11,033
Lumberton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7922 US Highway 11 S	Lumberton	39455	Lamar County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 796-3721	287	25	11.2	90.2%	128 (44.6%)	120 (41.8%)	12 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (9.4%)	30.1	274^th of 377 public elementary schools	27.3%		35.5	257^th of 383 public elementary schools	32.9%	17	32.6	45.9	25.6	44.5	46.5	59.4	9.3	47.2	25.6	$11,968

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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