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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CALEDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
487
Middle
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWNDES COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280273001126
Caledonia Middle School
105 CONFEDERATE DRIVE, CALEDONIA, MS 39740 · (662) 356-2042 · Lowndes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Mississippi public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
226 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 151 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 31% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
56.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
70.3%
MS avg 52.8% . -8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 70.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 78.4% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Caledonia Middle School
Caledonia Middle School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Middle School this school | 487 | 46.4% | 66.5% |
| Florence Middle School Florence | 556 | 45.3% | 63.7% |
| Purvis Middle School Purvis | 447 | 51.9% | 59.5% |
| West Lauderdale Middle School Collinsville | 537 | 39.5% | 70.2% |
| Sumrall Middle School Sumrall | 484 | 40.1% | 70.0% |
| Lafayette Middle School Oxford | 420 | 54.3% | 60.3% |
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 Caledonia Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #25 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #22 of 181 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #30 of 181 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #57 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #95 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #97 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #169 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #98 of 119 |
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
487
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 487 | 35.3 | 13.8:1 | 46% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 36.6 | 14.7:1 | 45% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 34.2 | 14.5:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 39 | 12.8:1 | 99% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 37% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 38 | 12.7:1 | 46% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 39 | 12.4:1 | 46% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 50% (211) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 16 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caledonia Middle School.
About Caledonia Middle School
Caledonia Middle School is a medium-sized middle school located in CALEDONIA, Mississippi. It serves 487 students in grades 6 through 8.
Caledonia Middle School is run by Lowndes County School District, whose 8 schools enroll 5,261 students.
At Caledonia Middle School, White students make up 75% of the student body. After that, the student body is 17% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Lowndes County is about 49% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Caledonia Middle School is 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.8:1. That matches the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi fairly closely. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 46%. The 75% average for public schools in Lowndes County is 29 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Caledonia Middle School is A-. Compared with Mississippi public middle schools, the school scored higher than 77% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Caledonia Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.5%, compared with a predicted 71.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations.
Caledonia Middle School is located in Lowndes County, where the median household income is $53,812, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Caledonia Middle School is one of 20 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Caledonia Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Caledonia High School. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Caledonia Middle School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Caledonia Middle School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Caledonia Middle School was 499 in 2020-21 and 487 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 12.8:1 in 2020-21 and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Caledonia Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,838
Census ACS
Median income
$53,812
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,512 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowndes County School District
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 1,191 students
- Caledonia ElementaryElementary · 1,070 students
- New Hope High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- New Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- West Lowndes ElementaryElementary · 276 students
Other schools in CALEDONIA
- Caledonia ElementaryElementary · 1,070 students
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 640 students
Other Caledonia Middle schools
One other US public school is named Caledonia Middle. Caledonia Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- CALEDONIA MIDDLECALEDONIA, MN · 138 students
Nearby schools
- Caledonia High School0.1 mi · 640
- Caledonia Elementary0.3 mi · 1,070
- Hamilton School6.4 mi · 557
- Columbus Middle School10.2 mi · 597
- Sale Elementary School12.2 mi · 290
- Cook Elementary School12.3 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Caledonia Middle SchoolHow many students attend Caledonia Middle School?
Caledonia Middle School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Caledonia Middle School serve?
Caledonia Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Caledonia Middle School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Caledonia Middle School.
How diverse is Caledonia Middle School?
Caledonia Middle School reports a student body of 75% White, 4% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Caledonia Middle School public or private?
Caledonia Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lowndes County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.