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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BATESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH PANOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280405001250
Batesville Middle School
509 Tiger Drive, Batesville, MS 38606 · (662) 563-1924 · Panola County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
419 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 256 | 54% |
| Grade 5 | 218 | 46% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Panola School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 65.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Batesville Middle School
Batesville Middle School's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville Middle School this school | 474 | 88.4% | 62.8% |
| Batesville Intermediate School Batesville | 587 | 89.4% | 47.5% |
| Magee Elementary School Magee | 525 | 92.0% | 43.0% |
| Kosciusko Lower Elem KOSCIUSKO | 403 | 85.1% | 57.9% |
| Mendenhall Elementary School Mendenhall | 598 | 86.6% | 44.0% |
| Mamie Martin Elementary BROOKHAVEN | 622 | 82.0% | 57.4% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Batesville Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Panola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #145 of 428 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #172 of 439 ▼ 50 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #191 of 439 ▲ 3 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #166 of 453 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #146 of 408 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #160 of 409 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #219 of 444 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #113 of 296 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
474
-43 (-8%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 474 | 33.3 | 14.2:1 | 88% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 38.2 | 11.9:1 | 81% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 38.1 | 12.6:1 | 99% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 99% (514) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 32.5 | 18.0:1 | 89% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 30 | 20.0:1 | 88% (530) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 31 | 18.7:1 | 84% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 34 | 19.2:1 | 70% (461) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Batesville Middle School.
About Batesville Middle School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Batesville Middle School serves students in Batesville, Mississippi. In all, 474 students attend the school in grades 4 through 5.
Batesville Middle School is run by South Panola School District, whose 6 schools enroll 4,220 students.
More than half of enrollment at Batesville Middle School is Black: 62%. Enrollment also includes 32% White, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 14 points above the 48% share among Panola County residents. The diversity index for Batesville Middle School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 14.2:1 is based on 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Mississippi average 15.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 88%. The average for public schools in Panola County is similar, at 88%.
On the allk12 Grade, Batesville Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Batesville Middle School is 12.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 62.8%. Predicted: 50.0%.
The school is in Panola County, where median household income comes to about $45,945, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of people live in poverty. Panola County's 13 public schools enroll about 5,323 students and include Batesville Middle School.
Batesville Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Batesville Junior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Batesville Middle School at 2nd of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 474 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 517. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.2:1 to 14.2:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Batesville Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Panola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,808
Census ACS
Median income
$45,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,323 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Panola School District
- South Panola High SchoolHigh · 1,113 students
- Batesville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Batesville Elementary SchoolElementary · 741 students
- Batesville Intermediate SchoolElementary · 587 students
- Pope SchoolElementary · 549 students
- SOUTH PANOLA ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLElementary
Other schools in Batesville
- South Panola High SchoolHigh · 1,113 students
- Batesville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Batesville Elementary SchoolElementary · 741 students
- Batesville Intermediate SchoolElementary · 587 students
- SOUTH PANOLA ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLElementary
Other Batesville Middle schools
One other US public school is named Batesville Middle. Batesville Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Batesville Middle SchoolBatesville, IN · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Batesville Junior High School0.1 mi · 756
- South Panola High School0.3 mi · 1,113
- Batesville Intermediate School0.7 mi · 587
- Batesville Elementary School0.7 mi · 741
- Pope School7.2 mi · 549
- Green Hill Intermediate7.9 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Batesville Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Batesville Middle School?
Batesville Middle School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 04-05.
Is Batesville Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Batesville Middle School is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many students per teacher at Batesville Middle School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Batesville Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Batesville Middle School?
Student demographics at Batesville Middle School are roughly 32% White, 3% Hispanic, 62% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Batesville Middle School in?
Batesville Middle School is part of South Panola School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.