Enrollment
208
Middle
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST TALLAHATCHIE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280141000208
Charleston Middle School
17 OAK GROVE ROAD, CHARLESTON, MS 38921 · (662) 647-2115 · Tallahatchie County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL208 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Mississippi public middle schools
- DTest 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
18.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
205 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 5 | 54 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 33% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Charleston Middle School→Charleston High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within East Tallahatchie School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
27.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.2% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 10.5% | 25.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% 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 Charleston Middle School
Charleston Middle School's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Middle School this school | 208 | 98.6% | 28.1% |
| Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School Magnolia | 236 | 98.7% | 45.0% |
| South Pike Junior High Magnolia | 241 | 100.0% | 42.0% |
| North Panola Middle School Como | 243 | 98.8% | 26.1% |
| Bay Springs Middle School BAY SPRINGS | 181 | 96.7% | 44.8% |
| Kemper County Middle School DEKALB | 191 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
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 Charleston Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #160 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #153 of 181 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #161 of 181 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 208 | #163 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #156 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #125 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #79 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.7% | #13 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
208
-114 (-35%) vs 2020
-73% since 1990-91, when it was 770
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 208 | 11.4 | 18.3:1 | 99% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 13.1 | 15.8:1 | 100% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 16.1 | 16.9:1 | 100% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 99% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 24.7 | 14.0:1 | 95% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 26 | 12.3:1 | 87% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 28 | 10.8:1 | 88% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 39 | 17.3:1 | 86% (577) |
| 1990-91 | 770 | 43 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charleston Middle School.
About Charleston Middle School
Charleston Middle School is a middle school in CHARLESTON, Mississippi, according to federal school records. It teaches 208 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Mississippi enroll about 452 students on average.
East Tallahatchie School District operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 797 students.
At Charleston Middle School, 84% of students are Black. It is also 8% multiracial and 7% White. For comparison, the population of Tallahatchie County is roughly 61% Black. The diversity index for Charleston Middle School is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.3 students per teacher. Middle schools in Mississippi have an average ratio of 13.7:1. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 99% average for public schools in Tallahatchie County.
Charleston Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Mississippi public middle schools.
Charleston Middle School falls short of its prediction by 16.7 points. The model expects 44.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Mississippi; the school's rate is 28.1%.
Looking at the county, Tallahatchie County, the median household earns about $37,466 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 12%, and about 20% of people live in poverty. Counting Charleston Middle School, Tallahatchie County has 7 public schools.
Charleston High School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. On average proficiency, Charleston Middle School is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 35% over 4 years, reaching 208 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.9:1 to 18.3:1 over the same years.
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Tallahatchie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,764
Census ACS
Median income
$37,466
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Tallahatchie School District
- Charleston Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Charleston High SchoolHigh · 273 students
- E TALLAHATCHIE VOC CENTERHigh
Other schools in CHARLESTON
- Charleston Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Charleston High SchoolHigh · 273 students
- E TALLAHATCHIE VOC CENTERHigh
Other Charleston Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Charleston Middle. Charleston Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Charleston Middle SchoolCharleston, IL · 401 students
- CHARLESTON MIDDLE SCHOOLCHARLESTON, MO · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Charleston High School0.4 mi · 273
- Charleston Elementary School0.5 mi · 316
- Pope School15.1 mi · 549
- West Tallahatchie High School17.9 mi · 297
- Quitman County Elementary18.4 mi · 331
- R.H. Bearden Elementary18.9 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Charleston Middle SchoolHow large is Charleston Middle School?
Charleston Middle School enrolls approximately 208 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Charleston Middle School serve?
Charleston Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Charleston Middle School have?
Charleston Middle School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charleston Middle School?
At Charleston Middle School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 0% Hispanic, 84% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is Charleston Middle School public or private?
Charleston Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Tallahatchie School District.
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