Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6
Clarkdale Elementary School, Meridian, MS
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 527
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- Grades
- PK to 6
This school's ratio is 1.5 higher than the district figure of 13.1. The Mississippi average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 7000 Highway 145, Meridian, MS 39031
- Phone
- (601)693-4463
- County
- Lauderdale County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- NCES school ID
- 280243001362
School meals
- Free lunch
- 184
- Reduced-price lunch
- 55
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 23945.4% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 100Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Lauderdale County School District
- West Lauderdale Elementary School 761 students
- Northeast Elementary School 730 students
- Southeast Elementary School 562 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Meridian
- Carver Elementary School Meridian Public Schools
- West Hills Elementary Meridian Public Schools
- Poplar Springs Elementary Meridian Public Schools
- Crestwood Elementary Meridian Public Schools
- Parkview Elementary Meridian Public Schools
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.