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Elementary · Regular · Grades 2 to 4

Nora Davis Elementary, Laurel, MS

CEP schoolNora Davis Elementary is a public elementary school in Laurel, part of Laurel School District. It enrolled 519 students in 2024-25, with 14.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
519
Teachers (FTE)
35.0
Students per teacher
14.8
Grades
2 to 4

This school's ratio is 1.3 lower than the district figure of 16.1. The Mississippi average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.8
District16.1
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
1305 Martin Luther King Ave, Laurel, MS 39440
Phone
(601)438-3140
District
Laurel School District
County
Jones County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
280246001610
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
519
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
519100.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
295Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Laurel School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Laurel

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.