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Bellevue Elementary

Q: Is Bellevue Elementary a good school?

Bellevue Elementary ranks 79 th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

79^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 377 Mississippi Elementary Schools

Better than 79% of Mississippi elementary schools

Summary

Bellevue Elementary is a large pre-K through 5th-grade school in Hattiesburg, MS, serving 1,145 students as part of the Lamar County School District, and it currently holds a 4-star rating, ranking 79th out of 377 Mississippi elementary schools in 2025–26. That places Bellevue in the top quarter of schools statewide and makes it the highest-ranked among its Lamar County elementary peers, ahead of Sumrall Elementary School (84th), Oak Grove Elementary (88th), Longleaf Elementary (110th), and Purvis Upper Elementary (145th). What makes this especially notable is that Bellevue also has the largest enrollment and the highest poverty rate of that group — about 63% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — yet it still leads the pack academically.

Bellevue's standout strengths are math and science. On the 2025–26 state exams, 5th-grade science proficiency reached 80.2%, well above the district and state average of 71.5% and the best among its Lamar County peers. Third-grade math came in at 70.1% proficient and 4th-grade math at 63.8%, both far exceeding state averages. Despite serving more than 1,100 students, Bellevue maintains a solid 13.8-to-1 student-teacher ratio, better than Sumrall (15.0) and Longleaf (14.3).

The main area to watch is English language arts, where proficiency has declined from about 68% in 2023–24 to 60% in 2025–26; 4th-grade reading was 57.7%, just below the district average of 60%. Fifth-grade math is another relative soft spot at 53.4% proficient, well behind Oak Grove's 70.9%. On the bright side, chronic absenteeism is a low 15.4% — below the district's 18.6% and the state's 23.9% — and the school has shown dramatic long-term improvement, climbing from the 50th percentile in 2012–13 to the 79th percentile today.

1,145

Students ?

13.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,934

Per pupil spending ?

63.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1760 Old Highway 24
Hattiesburg, MS 39402

(601) 264-6724

District: Lamar County School District

Students who attend Bellevue Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Oak Grove Middle School
High:	Oak Grove High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

40.9%

African American:

39.8%

Hispanic:

13.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 53rd percentile in 2011 → 79th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Mississippi average (64% vs 54% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 21% of Mississippi elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 26 percentile points since 2011

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school64%

District avg61%

Mississippi avg54%

79^th of 377

Mississippi public elementary schools ?

Top 21%▲ up 7 pts since 2024

From top 28% (2024) to top 21% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 7Elementary Schools in the Lamar County School District

30^th of 134Lamar County School District 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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Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Mississippi percentile	Rating
2026	75.5	79 of 377	79.0%	★★★★☆
2025	73.7	90 of 383	76.5%	★★★★☆
2024	70.6	110 of 390	71.8%	★★★★☆
2013	52.1	203 of 408	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2011	54.2	198 of 418	52.6%	★★★☆☆

By subject vs Mississippi (2025-2026) ?

Science80%+9 vs state

Mathematics62%+12 vs state

English Language Arts60%+8 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Teachers, staff, and principal teach and speak from a script. The classrooms are messy and overcrowded. There seems to be no structure or sense of a "mission" for the best interest of students. Staff seems primarily concerned with "funding. A pretty building does not make up for the lack of vision by the educators of our children.it is very sad. Close Quote

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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	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
Bellevue Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1760 Old Highway 24	Hattiesburg	39402	Forrest County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 264-6724	1,145	83	13.8	63.2%	468 (40.9%)	456 (39.8%)	155 (13.5%)	12 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	49 (4.3%)	75.5	79^th of 377 public elementary schools	79.0%		73.7	90^th of 383 public elementary schools	76.5%	11	60.3	57.7	63.1		70.1	63.8	53.4		80.2	$9,934
Oak Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	70 Leaf Lane	Hattiesburg	39402	Forrest County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 264-9764	758	58	13.0	62.0%	291 (38.4%)	356 (47.0%)	44 (5.8%)	17 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.5%)	74.3	88^th of 377 public elementary schools	76.7%		73	95^th of 383 public elementary schools	75.2%	7	58.0	61.2	63.5		56.3	62.5	70.9		73.1	$10,829
Longleaf Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5279 W. 4th Street	Hattiesburg	39402	Forrest County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 264-3858	787	55	14.3	56.5%	292 (37.1%)	356 (45.2%)	49 (6.2%)	30 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (7.4%)	69	110^th of 377 public elementary schools	70.8%		76.2	75^th of 383 public elementary schools	80.4%	35	59.6	68.7	63.9		56.6	63.5	49.5		66.0	$10,594
Thames Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2900 Jamestown Road	Hattiesburg	39402	Forrest County	Hattiesburg	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 582-6655	619	41	15.2	100.0%	27 (4.4%)	450 (72.7%)	22 (3.6%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	112 (18.1%)	31.7	267^th of 377 public elementary schools	29.2%		43.6	220^th of 383 public elementary schools	42.6%	47	35.9	40.0	42.5		41.2	50.0	27.5		61.3	$13,647
Rawls Springs Attendance Center	Public	PK, KG-6	10 Archie Smith Road	Hattiesburg	39402	Forrest County	Forrest County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 268-2217	214	18	11.9	86.0%	47 (22.0%)	125 (58.4%)	15 (7.0%)	7 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.3%)	52.1	173^rd of 377 public elementary schools	54.1%		52	185^th of 383 public elementary schools	51.7%	12	43.5	37.5	56.7	23.5	43.4	58.3	70.0	29.4	80.0	$12,727
Woodley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2006 O Ferrell St	Hattiesburg	39401	Forrest County	Hattiesburg	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 583-8112	422	27	15.8	100.0%	43 (10.2%)	248 (58.8%)	112 (26.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.5%)	74	91^st of 377 public elementary schools	75.9%		74.5	85^th of 383 public elementary schools	77.8%	6	75.8	59.7	50.7		88.9	65.3	50.0		78.3	$11,339
Grace Christian Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2207 W 7th Street	Hattiesburg	39401	Forrest County	Hattiesburg	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 583-0662	367	22	16.3	100.0%	7 (1.9%)	320 (87.2%)	7 (1.9%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.6%)	64.6	122^nd of 377 public elementary schools	67.6%		66	129^th of 383 public elementary schools	66.3%	7	50.0	64.3	52.8		50.0	71.4	50.9		76.4	$12,446
Hawkins Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	901 Ida Ave.	Hattiesburg	39401	Forrest County	Hattiesburg	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 583-4311	283	23	12.3	99.6%	9 (3.2%)	175 (61.8%)	78 (27.6%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.4%)	36.3	244^th of 377 public elementary schools	35.3%		37.6	248^th of 383 public elementary schools	35.2%	4	22.9	40.6	58.1		25.0	37.6	27.9		90.7	$14,576
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Bellevue Elementary

How many students attend Bellevue Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,145 students attended Bellevue Elementary.

What district is Bellevue Elementary in?

Lamar County School District

Is Bellevue Elementary a good school?

Bellevue Elementary ranks 79^th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Bellevue Elementary attend?

Students who attend Bellevue Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Oak Grove Middle School
High : Oak Grove High School

What is the racial makeup of Bellevue Elementary?

Students at Bellevue Elementary are 41% White, 40% African American, 14% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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