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Elementary · Regular · Grades 3 to 5

DeSoto Central Elementary, Southaven, MS

DeSoto Central Elementary is a public elementary school in Southaven, part of DeSoto County School District. It enrolled 831 students in 2024-25, with 16.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
831
Teachers (FTE)
51.0
Students per teacher
16.3
Grades
3 to 5

This school's ratio is 1.0 higher than the district figure of 15.3. The Mississippi average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.3
District15.3
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
2411 Central Parkway, Southaven, MS 38672
Phone
(662)349-6234
District
DeSoto County School District
County
DeSoto County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
280132000998
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
293
Reduced-price lunch
84
Free or reduced-price lunch
37745.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
80Students 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 DeSoto County School District

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.