Bettye Mae Jack Middle School

Bettye Mae Jack Middle School is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in MORTON, Mississippi, one of the schools within Scott County School District. The school instructs 486 students in grades 5 through 8.

Bettye Mae Jack Middle School is one of 8 schools operated by Scott County School District, a district that hosts 3,989 students overall.

On demographics, Bettye Mae Jack Middle School lists that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Black, 27% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Bettye Mae Jack Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Bettye Mae Jack Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Scott County) reports that median household income runs about $48,786, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Scott County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,627 students), of which Bettye Mae Jack Middle School is one.

Morton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 546 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 20% to 41% over that span.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.