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Alumni: what's one memory from CENTER HILL MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
757
Middle
DISTRICT 1,018 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132001358
Center Hill Middle School
8756 Forest Hill Irene, Olive Branch, MS 38654 · (662) 892-6800 · DeSoto County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Mississippi public middle schools
- A-Test 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
16.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
353 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 263 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 35% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
51.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
70.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 51 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 70.2% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 74.6% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 Center Hill Middle School
Center Hill Middle School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Hill Middle School this school | 757 | 46.6% | 65.8% |
| Oxford Middle School Oxford | 667 | 48.3% | 61.8% |
| DeSoto Central Middle School Southaven | 1,388 | 41.9% | 68.1% |
| Clinton Junior High School Clinton | 862 | 44.4% | 73.7% |
| Oak Grove Middle School Hattiesburg | 1,160 | 61.0% | 58.3% |
| Northwest Middle School Flowood | 1,352 | 38.2% | 63.9% |
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 Center Hill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #29 of 176 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #23 of 181 ▼ 3 | #4 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #48 of 181 ▼ 16 | #4 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #24 of 186 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #139 of 163 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #22 of 164 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #168 of 184 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #95 of 119 | N/A |
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
757
-90 (-11%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 757 | 46 | 16.5:1 | 47% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 768 | 45 | 17.1:1 | 42% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 46.9 | 16.5:1 | 100% (772) |
| 2020-21 | 847 | 53 | 16.0:1 | 100% (844) |
| 2017-18 | 825 | 47.1 | 17.5:1 | 44% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 44 | 17.2:1 | 45% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 38% (251) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Center Hill Middle School.
About Center Hill Middle School
At 8756 Forest Hill Irene in Olive Branch, Mississippi, Center Hill Middle School operates as a large middle school. It enrolls 757 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 67% bigger than the 452-student average for middle schools in Mississippi.
DeSoto County School District enrolls 34,934 students, and its 39 schools include Center Hill Middle School.
The largest group at Center Hill Middle School is Black students, at 48%. The remaining students are 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show DeSoto County is about 33% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Center Hill Middle School scores 64%.
The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. The average for middle schools in Mississippi, 13.7:1, is lower. A total of 353 students, or 47%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 49% average for public schools in DeSoto County.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, Center Hill Middle School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Center Hill Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.8% and a predicted 71.0%.
For the population of DeSoto County, the median household earns about $85,297 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Center Hill Middle School shares DeSoto County with 42 other public schools.
Overpark Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 847 to 757.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other schools in Olive Branch
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,079 students
- Center Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,059 students
- Olive Branch High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Center Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 788 students
- Olive Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 744 students
Nearby schools
- Overpark Elementary School0.2 mi · 635
- Center Hill High School0.4 mi · 1,059
- Power Center Academy Elementary - Southeast2.9 mi · 423
- Power Center Academy Middle - Southeast2.9 mi · 323
- Highland Oaks Middle3.0 mi · 537
- Southwind Elementary3.1 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About Center Hill Middle SchoolHow large is Center Hill Middle School?
Center Hill Middle School enrolls approximately 757 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Center Hill Middle School serve?
Center Hill Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Center Hill Middle School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Center Hill Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Center Hill Middle School?
At Center Hill Middle School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 48% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Center Hill Middle School public or private?
Center Hill Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeSoto County School District.
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