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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Nicholson Elementary, Picayune, MS

Nicholson Elementary is a public elementary school in Picayune, part of Picayune School District. It enrolled 324 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
324
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
14.7
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 1.7 higher than the district figure of 13.0. The Mississippi average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7
District13.0
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
1887 Hwy 11 South, Picayune, MS 39466
Phone
(601)798-6309
District
Picayune School District
County
Pearl River County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
280363000694
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
261
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
27484.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
134Students 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 Picayune School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Picayune

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.