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Enrollment
785
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HINDS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280186000321
Byram Middle School
2009 Byram Bulldog Blvd., Terry, MS 39170 · (601) 372-4597 · Hinds County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Mississippi public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
553 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 227 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 290 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 34% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
40.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 30.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Byram Middle School
Byram Middle School's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byram Middle School this school | 785 | 70.4% | 42.4% |
| Horn Lake Middle School Horn Lake | 948 | 71.0% | 38.9% |
| Fifth Street School WEST POINT | 440 | 85.2% | 45.0% |
| Eiland Middle LOUISVILLE | 308 | 78.6% | 36.4% |
| Kosciusko Jr High School KOSCIUSKO | 472 | 77.3% | 53.4% |
| Northeast Middle School Meridian | 520 | 71.5% | 48.0% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Byram Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #113 of 176 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #112 of 181 ▲ 40 | #5 of 15 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #103 of 181 ▲ 5 | #5 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 785 | #22 of 186 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #144 of 163 | #13 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #139 of 164 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #125 of 184 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #62 of 119 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
785
-116 (-13%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,304
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 785 | 46.6 | 16.9:1 | 70% (553) |
| 2023-24 | 810 | 50.1 | 16.2:1 | 61% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 50.8 | 15.2:1 | 100% (769) |
| 2020-21 | 901 | 61 | 14.8:1 | 100% (898) |
| 2017-18 | 921 | 62.5 | 14.7:1 | 76% (704) |
| 2015-16 | 1,002 | 58 | 17.3:1 | 77% (773) |
| 2010-11 | 977 | 67 | 14.6:1 | 60% (586) |
| 2000-01 | 867 | 38 | 22.8:1 | 53% (456) |
| 1990-91 | 1,304 | 63 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Byram Middle School.
About Byram Middle School
Byram Middle School is a large middle school for students in Terry, Mississippi. There are 785 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 452.
The district for Byram Middle School is Hinds County School District, with 8 schools and 4,940 students.
At Byram Middle School, 91% of students are Black. The remaining students are 5% White and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Hinds County is about 72% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Byram Middle School scores 18%.
There are 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.9:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Hinds County, the average eligibility rate is 88%.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, Byram Middle School outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Byram Middle School is 59.0%. It actually posts 42.4%, which is 16.6 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
In Hinds County, home to about 218,533 people, median household income comes to about $49,402, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hinds County's 84 public schools enroll about 32,870 students and include Byram Middle School.
Gary Road Elementary sits about 0.8 miles from Byram Middle School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Byram Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Byram Middle School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
A 13% decline took enrollment from 901 in 2020-21 to 785 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.8:1 to 16.9:1.
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hinds County School District
- Terry High SchoolHigh · 1,127 students
- Gary Road ElementaryElementary · 717 students
- Gary Road IntermediateElementary · 680 students
- Raymond High SchoolHigh · 539 students
- Raymond Elementary/Carver MiddleElementary · 453 students
- Bolton-Edwards Elem Middle SchoolElementary · 335 students
Nearby schools
- Gary Road Elementary0.8 mi · 717
- Gary Road Intermediate0.8 mi · 680
- Forest Hill High School5.2 mi · 1,139
- Timberlawn Elementary School5.5 mi · 295
- Oak Forest Elementary School5.8 mi · 436
- MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Byram Middle SchoolHow many students attend Byram Middle School?
Byram Middle School enrolls approximately 785 students in grades 06-08.
Is Byram Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Byram Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Byram Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Byram Middle School is approximately 16.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Byram Middle School?
Student demographics at Byram Middle School are roughly 5% White, 2% Hispanic, 91% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Byram Middle School in?
Byram Middle School is part of Hinds County School District.
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