Blackburn Middle School

As a close-knit intermediate school in Jackson, Mississippi, Blackburn Middle School instructs 317 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Jackson Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 452 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Blackburn Middle School is one of 35 schools operated by Jackson Public Schools, a district that educates 16,870 students overall.

Demographically, Blackburn Middle School lists that 98% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Hinds County as a whole is about 72% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Blackburn Middle School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.3:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Hinds County's rate of about 88%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Blackburn Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.3%; actual is 16.0%, a gap of -28.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hinds County put the typical household earns roughly $49,402 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hinds County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), Blackburn Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Isable Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Blackburn Middle School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Blackburn Middle School's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 427 (now 317). Class-load math has fell: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

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