Caledonia Middle School

Caledonia Middle School is one of the medium-sized intermediate schools in CALEDONIA, Mississippi, part of Lowndes County School District, with 487 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Lowndes County School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,261 students. Caledonia Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Caledonia Middle School lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, On paper, Caledonia Middle School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 46% of students at Caledonia Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Lowndes County's rate of about 75%.

Across the wider county, census data for Lowndes County shows median household income runs about $53,812, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lowndes County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,512 students), of which Caledonia Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Caledonia High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Caledonia Middle School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 527 students in 2018 compared to 487 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 80% to 75% over that span.

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