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The public middle schools with the most Black students in Mississippi

Across Mississippi, 181 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Southaven Middle School leads the list at 873, against a median of 179 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

181

Mississippi

Top Black students

873

Median Black students

179

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Southaven Middle School	SOUTHAVEN, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,423	61.4%	873
2	Byram Middle School	Terry, MS	Hinds County School District	785	90.6%	711
3	Horn Lake Middle School	Horn Lake, MS	DeSoto County School District	948	73.0%	692
4	Powell Middle School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	704	97.3%	685
5	DeSoto Central Middle School	Southaven, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,388	47.9%	665
6	Tupelo Middle School	Tupelo, MS	Tupelo Public School District	1,070	52.8%	565
7	Columbus Middle School	Columbus, MS	Columbus Municipal School District	597	93.1%	556
8	Oak Grove Middle School	Hattiesburg, MS	Lamar County School District	1,160	47.2%	547
9	Smilow Prep	Jackson, MS	Joel E. Smilow Prep	521	98.8%	515
10	Cardozo Middle School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	531	93.8%	498
11	Clinton Junior High School	Clinton, MS	Clinton Public School District	862	56.5%	487
12	Batesville Junior High School	Batesville, MS	South Panola School District	756	63.0%	476
13	Peeples Middle School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	541	83.2%	450
14	Northwest Middle School	Flowood, MS	Rankin County School District	1,352	32.8%	444
15	Reimagine Prep	Jackson, MS	Reimagine Prep	457	96.9%	443
16	Northwest Middle School	Meridian, MS	Meridian Public Schools	484	90.3%	437
17	Woolfolk Middle School	YAZOO CITY, MS	MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City	449	97.1%	436
18	Old Town Middle School	Ridgeland, MS	Madison County Schools	693	62.8%	435
19	Gulfport Central Middle	Gulfport, MS	Gulfport School District	568	76.1%	432
20	N R Burger Middle	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	525	80.8%	424
21	Magnolia Middle School	Meridian, MS	Meridian Public Schools	440	91.8%	404
22	Midtown Public Charter School	Jackson, MS	Midtown Public Charter School	420	95.7%	402
23	Grenada Middle School	GRENADA, MS	Grenada School District	793	50.7%	402
24	SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School	Starkville, MS	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	646	61.1%	395
25	Olive Branch Middle School	OLIVE BRANCH, MS	DeSoto County School District	744	52.5%	391
26	Germantown Middle	Madison, MS	Madison County Schools	1,008	38.6%	389
27	Brandon Middle School	Brandon, MS	Rankin County School District	1,155	33.4%	386
28	Pearl Jr High School	PEARL, MS	Pearl Public Schools	944	40.4%	381
29	Center Hill Middle School	Olive Branch, MS	DeSoto County School District	757	48.2%	365
30	Natchez Middle	Natchez, MS	Natchez-Adams School District	397	87.9%	349
31	Fifth Street School	WEST POINT, MS	West Point Consolidated School District	440	79.1%	348
32	Kirksey Middle School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	389	87.4%	340
33	Morgantown Elementary	Natchez, MS	Natchez-Adams School District	359	92.2%	331
34	Vicksburg Junior High	VICKSBURG, MS	Vicksburg Warren School District	409	80.7%	330
35	Cleveland Central Middle School	CLEVELAND, MS	Cleveland School District	423	75.4%	319
36	S.V. Marshall Middle School	Lexington, MS	Holmes County Consolidated	321	98.1%	315
37	Lake Cormorant Middle School	Lake Cormorant, MS	DeSoto County School District	707	44.5%	315
38	Robert L Merritt Junior High	Indianola, MS	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	341	91.2%	311
39	Blackburn Middle School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	317	97.8%	310
40	Laurel Middle School	Laurel, MS	Laurel School District	388	79.9%	310
41	Northeast Middle School	Meridian, MS	Lauderdale County School District	520	58.9%	306
42	Madison Middle School	MADISON, MS	Madison County Schools	1,180	24.8%	292
43	Bailey APAC Middle School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	318	90.6%	288
44	Nichols Middle School	Canton, MS	Canton Public Schools	362	78.7%	285
45	Kosciusko Jr High School	KOSCIUSKO, MS	Kosciusko School District	472	60.0%	283
46	Bayou View Middle	Gulfport, MS	Gulfport School District	827	33.7%	279
47	Biloxi Junior High School	Biloxi, MS	BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	863	32.2%	278
48	Denman Junior High School	MCCOMB, MS	McComb School District	312	88.1%	275
49	Crystal Springs Middle School	CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS	Copiah County School District	365	74.5%	272
50	Tunica Middle School	TUNICA, MS	Tunica School District	334	81.1%	271

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