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Barr Elementary School

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Public Grades
166
Students ?
13.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1593 W Capitol Street
       Jackson, MS  39203

(601) 960-5336

District: Jackson Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:
99.4%
White:
0.6%
 See top rated Mississippi public schools

At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 5th percentile in 2015 → 39th in 2019
Strengths
✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 39th (2019) from a 5th-percentile low (2015)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (40% vs 48% meeting standards)
!Mathematics scores 18 pts below the Mississippi average
Students meeting standards (2018-2019) ?
This school40%
District avg32%
Mississippi avg48%
Not ranked this year
Barr Elementary School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
103rd of 130Jackson Public Schools among Mississippi districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMississippi percentileRating
201939.3241 of 39739.3%★★☆☆☆
201827.4299 of 40426.0%★☆☆☆☆
201731.0291 of 40628.3%★☆☆☆☆
201617.6350 of 39411.2%★☆☆☆☆
201514.8381 of 4025.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201449.3209 of 39447.0%★★☆☆☆
201362.0150 of 40863.2%★★★☆☆
201263.0153 of 41463.0%★★★☆☆
201184.047 of 41888.8%★★★★☆
201076.377 of 40380.9%★★★★☆
200961.4154 of 39260.7%★★★☆☆
200858.3167 of 39457.6%★★★☆☆
By subject vs Mississippi (2018-2019) ?
Science88%+32 vs state
English Language Arts35%-11 vs state
Mathematics28%-18 vs state

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In the 2019-20 school year, 166 students attended Barr Elementary School.

Students at Barr Elementary School are 99% African American.


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