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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Runnelstown School, Petal, MS

Runnelstown School is a public elementary school in Petal, part of Perry County School District. It enrolled 173 students in 2024-25, with 10.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
173
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
10.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 0.6 higher than the district figure of 9.6. The Mississippi average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.2
District9.6
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
9214 Highway 42, Petal, MS 39465
Phone
(601)544-2811
District
Perry County School District
County
Perry County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
280357000690
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
101
Reduced-price lunch
30
Free or reduced-price lunch
13175.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
44Students 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 Perry 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.