Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

New Albany Elementary School, New Albany, MS

New Albany Elementary School is a public elementary school in New Albany, part of New Albany Public Schools. It enrolled 1,074 students in 2024-25, with 17.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,074
Teachers (FTE): 60.0
Students per teacher: 17.9
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 3.7 higher than the district figure of 14.2. The Mississippi average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.9

District14.2

Mississippi14.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 874 Sam T. Barkley Dr., New Albany, MS 38652
Phone: (662)534-1843
District: New Albany Public Schools
County: Union County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 280312001259

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 573
Reduced-price lunch: 129
Free or reduced-price lunch: 70265.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 271Students 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.