Batesville Junior High School

Batesville Junior High School operates as an expansive middle school in Batesville, Mississippi, one of the schools within South Panola School District. Current enrollment sits at 756 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 67% larger than the state mean of about 452.

South Panola School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,220 students; Batesville Junior High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Batesville Junior High School reports that Black students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 27% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Panola County as a whole is about 48% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Batesville Junior High School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 88% of students at Batesville Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Panola County) logs that median household income runs about $45,945, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Batesville Junior High School is one of 13 public schools in Panola County (combined enrollment of about 5,323 students).

Batesville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Batesville Junior High School.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Batesville Junior High School has declined 9%, going from 835 students in 2018 to 756 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 35% to 27% across the same window.

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