CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL

CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in JACKSON, Mississippi, operated by JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 483 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 10 schools and 2,895 students, CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (90%) are Black. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the resource side, CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hinds County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hinds County put median household income runs about $49,402, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 84 public schools in Hinds County (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students).

Smilow Collegiate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. CHASTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 25% since 2018, when it stood at 645 (now 483). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2024.

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