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Petal Primary School

Regular School · Petal, MS

Petal Primary School is a regular school school in Petal, Mississippi, serving grades PK–02 with 1,016 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 02
Enrollment
1,016
Teachers (FTE)
74.6
Student–Teacher Ratio
13.6:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
No

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
White 678 67%
Black or African American 193 19%
Hispanic/Latino 90 9%
Two or more races 49 5%
Asian 5 0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1 0%
Total enrollment 1,016 525M / 491F

English Language Learners: 48 (5% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency S 35.7% 1
Reading Proficiency S 35.3% 1

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
129 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
4
0.4% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
87
8.6% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 1,016 100%

Contact & Location

60 Herrington Rd

Petal, MS 39465

Phone: (601)554-7244

http://www.petalschools.com

District

PETAL SCHOOL DIST

Per-pupil expenditure: $12,327

District enrollment: 4,392

Other Schools in District

NCES ID

280353001067

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD