Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 3

Franklin Lower Elementary, Meadville, MS

Franklin Lower Elementary is a public elementary school in Meadville, part of Franklin County School District. It enrolled 379 students in 2024-25, with 15.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 379
Teachers (FTE): 25.0
Students per teacher: 15.2
Grades: PK to 3

This school's ratio is 7.2 higher than the district figure of 8.0. The Mississippi average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.2

District8.0

Mississippi14.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 481 Hwy 98 E, Meadville, MS 39653
Phone: (601)384-5605
District: Franklin County School District
County: Franklin County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 280153000223

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 229
Reduced-price lunch: 66
Free or reduced-price lunch: 29577.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 110Students 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.

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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.